Like Fish in Water: Patrushev Ushers Security Forces to the Arctic
The Russian Maritime Board is turning into a new power structure and a personal PR project for Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev. The world’s oceans are becoming a stage for a geopolitical “Battleship” game. Alongside Donald Trump’s signed Executive Order “On Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance,” the Russian Maritime Board, established last year, also shows clear signs of strengthening the role of the security and military elite bloc in the Arctic zone management.