Cold war: Russian research ship at centre of Antarctic oil and gas prospecting storm

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Protests: a member of the Extinction Rebellion environmental group holds up a placard as Akademik Karpinsky, a Russian research vessel, arrives in Cape Town harbour in South Africa at the end of January 2023. — Protests: a member of the Extinction Rebellion environmental group holds up a placard as Akademik Karpinsky, a Russian research vessel, arrives in Cape Town harbour in South Africa at the end of January 2023.Photo: REUTERS/SCANPIX

Vladimir Afanasiev
Iain Esau

London

Published 3 February 2023, 02:00Updated 6 February 2023, 10:42

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