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Russia schemes to claim North Pole oil

Released date: 2010-04-16 Hits: 4

BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The icebreaker Rossiya and scientific vessel Akademik Fyodorov have reached the North Pole and will attempt to plant a Russian flag on the Arctic seabed as part of an ambitious scheme to claim vast reserves of oil and gas, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS announced Wednesday.