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Russian ships’ passage through Shokalsky Strait shows who commands the Arctic — expert

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In Vasily Dandykin’s view, the passage through the Shokalsky Strait was made possible by the Northern Fleet’s enhanced technological capabilities, in particular the inclusion of the Ivan Papanin ice-class patrol ship in the detachment

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