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Akademik Tryoshnikov

How Russia is cosying up to SA to create an Antarctic BRICS+ bloc — one tiny toy icebreaker at a time

South Africa

How Russia is cosying up to SA to create an Antarctic BRICS+ bloc — one tiny toy icebreaker at a time

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