Putin Asks FSB for Help to Avoid Western Sanctions as Rosneft Begins Construction on Vostok Oil Pier Rosneft has begun construction on the dock for the Vostok Oil terminal at Sever Bay. Meanwhile President Putin has called on the security service FSB to assist Russian companies in avoiding sanctions.
Putin Discusses Russian Territorial Claims in Arctic with Security Council Russian President Putin and members of the country’s Security Council deliberated about the Russia’s outer border of the continental shelf in the Arctic. It follows the development of a plan by Russia’s Federal Security Service last month on how to counter foreign provocations in the country’s Arctic claims.