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Akademik Alexander Karpinsky

Dirtbag of the Year: Russia plunges ahead with war on environment

World

Dirtbag of the Year: Russia plunges ahead with war on environment

By Tiara Walters

How Cape Town played a vital link in Russian oligarch Leonid Mikhelson’s multimillion-dollar Antarctic outpost

World

How Cape Town played a vital link in Russian oligarch Leonid Mikhelson’s multimillion-dollar Antarctic outpost

By Tiara Walters

Russia’s ‘spoofing’ Karpinsky - the ship that tried to dock in Estonia without leaving St Petersburg

South Africa

Russia’s ‘spoofing’ Karpinsky - the ship that tried to dock in Estonia without leaving St Petersburg

By Tiara Walters

Antarctic diplomatic spat spurs renewed push for unambiguous mining ban

World

Antarctic diplomatic spat spurs renewed push for unambiguous mining ban

By Tiara Walters

UK urged to lead ‘Antarctic coalition’ at India meeting amid Russia’s controversial oil ‘prospecting’ claims

South Africa

UK urged to lead ‘Antarctic coalition’ at India meeting amid Russia’s controversial oil ‘prospecting’ claims

By Tiara Walters

UK ministers face a grilling as Russian ship heads back from Antarctic ‘prospecting’ push

South Africa

UK ministers face a grilling as Russian ship heads back from Antarctic ‘prospecting’ push

By Tiara Walters

Cracking the Cold Case: The Russia-Cape Town Antarctic minerals nexus explained

South Africa

Cracking the Cold Case: The Russia-Cape Town Antarctic minerals nexus explained

By Tiara Walters

US sanctions target Russian ship surveying for Antarctic oil and gas via Cape Town

South Africa

US sanctions target Russian ship surveying for Antarctic oil and gas via Cape Town

By Tiara Walters

Melting ice, geopolitical heat? Westminster hears of simmering Antarctic ‘mining’ threat via Cape Town

South Africa

Melting ice, geopolitical heat? Westminster hears of simmering Antarctic ‘mining’ threat via Cape Town

By Tiara Walters

South African protests against Russia’s Antarctic seismic ship echo around the world

Our Burning Planet

South African protests against Russia’s Antarctic seismic ship echo around the world

By Tiara Walters

Antarctic oil and gas hunt: ‘You just get this rage rising in you’

South Africa

Antarctic oil and gas hunt: ‘You just get this rage rising in you’

By Tiara Walters

In pictures: Russian Antarctic ‘prospecting’ ship’s twin rolls into Cape Town

South Africa

In pictures: Russian Antarctic ‘prospecting’ ship’s twin rolls into Cape Town

By Tiara Walters