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Arctic Oil Convoy: Russia Deploys 8 Million Barrels via Northern Sea Route

Russia has assembled an unprecedented Arctic oil tanker fleet carrying roughly 8 million barrels—equivalent to about 60% of last year's entire summer navigation season—transiting or waiting in the Kara Sea. More than a dozen Suezmax, Aframax and Medium Range tankers are either underway or staged, likely awaiting nuclear icebreaker escort. Three icebreakers support the operation as Moscow maximizes Arctic exports before autumn ice closure.