General chit chat thread., page-2938

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/lack-arctic-tankers-puts-russias-lng-development-dreams-ice-2023-12-22/
So According to this Russia is also trying to carve up the Ice pack across the Arctic to deliver LNG in ships that are not strong enough to navigate the ice placing the shipping fleet into higher gear to build double thick hull ships to do a better job for export.
While risking environmental catastrophic ice pack destruction and whatever else it can do to sell more gas.

"Andrei Klepach, chief economist at state lender VEB, told a gas forum last week that Russia is only likely to have the suitable infrastructure ready after 2030."

A gas pipeline I assume. This opens the door for Mongolia and Sinopec pipeline construction.
What is Putin thinking? Definitely a TRex dinosaur backwards thinking person. IMO.