doubtful that the rest of the world is going to let putin
take over the arctic.
maybe the us will have something to say, but look at how western europe let Russia seize eastern europe as a spoil of war after WW2.
Creating conflict with the West is what Russia does (minus the 1990’s). The vast oil & gas wealth created has allowed them to rebuild & modernize their military very quickly.
They feel a hot war in the Middle East and Asia coming soon and will surely participate when we are stretched beyond measure. They could easily claim at that point we have invaded their territory in the Artic where they have economic resources and use it as an execuse to do something evil. In this global environment, justification is required to maintain allies if you are going to use your military. They are still a few years away from being a true conventional threat to Europe or the USA but we should do what we did in the 80’s and build a ton more nukes. Bush asked Congress for just that a month or so ago and was shot down.
Who will tell them no?