Nobody has successfully laid claim to anything yet...
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The claim is likely to provoke an outcry from green groups but there is also Russian opposition.
Sergei Priamikov, of Russia's Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, said the notion was "strange" and warned other countries could make counter claims.
Canada "could say that the Lomonosov ridge is part of the Canadian shelf, which means Russia should in fact belong to Canada, together with the whole of Eurasia", he observed drily. A diplomatic source said that Russia was "seeking to secure its grip on oil and gas supplies for decades to come. Putin wants a strong Russia, and Western dependence for oil and gas supplies is a key part of his strategy. He no longer cares if his strategy upsets the West".
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This has been brewing for a while now, along with who controls the shipping routes that are going to be opening up in the Arctic above Canada because of melting ice.
Of course we have the biggest reason to claim those, which is one of the factors why Canada along with Russia stands to get the most economic advantages out of global warming.
Canada relative winner from warming globe