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Akademik Fedorov

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 Antarctic flagship, the Akademik Fedorov, sails into Cape Town as part of BRICS jamboree

South Africa

Russia’s Antarctic flagship, the Akademik Fedorov, sails into Cape Town as part of BRICS jamboree

By Tiara Walters

‘All’ governments ‘know’ Russia is ‘violating’ iconic Antarctic mining ban

South Africa

‘All’ governments ‘know’ Russia is ‘violating’ iconic Antarctic mining ban

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

Barbara Creecy ‘not aware’ of East Antarctic ‘seismic blasting’, Russian ‘prospecting’

South Africa

Barbara Creecy ‘not aware’ of East Antarctic ‘seismic blasting’, Russian ‘prospecting’

By Tiara Walters

SA’s Russian connection, in a time of complex global sanctions politics

Business Maverick

SA’s Russian connection, in a time of complex global sanctions politics

By Marianne Merten