Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- As Russia accelerates its strategic and economic push into the Arctic, the region is emerging as a potentially important new arena for cooperation between Moscow and New Delhi. The relationship, traditionally driven by defence, energy and more recently oil trade, could increasingly expand into critical minerals, liquefied natural gas, shipping, infrastructure, shipbuilding and advanced technologies.

Russia's Arctic strategy is developing along two interconnected tracks. One focuses on logistics and transportation, particularly through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) and the broader Trans-Arctic Transport Corridor (TATC). The other centres on exploiting the region's enormous reserves of energy and mineral resources wh...