Is Russia a Threat to Climate Change?

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Isolating russia in this way does create a dilemma, because you use russian contributions to climate science. Even if things start to normalize soon, which ultimately looks unlikely, it might even be difficult to go back to how it was. Russian scientists themselves are overwhelmingly reliant on the west for international collaboration. So it could be a long road to getting back to where we were.

The country has just one foreign military base, but there are fears it wants to dot the Pacific region with more—and that is, so far, proving tricky. With ties between Western and Russian scientists severed, decades of research in the Arctic, particularly on climate change, are at risk. And a new series further unpicks the mythology of punk music. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer