 Russian President Vladimir Putin approved Arctic LNG-2's first-line departure via the northern sea route from the Mormonsk region to its future production site on the Djidin Peninsula, the Kremlin said on July 20. Putin, the ultimate decision-maker in Russia, pays special attention to energy projects in the country. Russia heavily relies on oil and gas production, while Moscow is focusing on developing its own know-how at a time of Western sanctions. Arctic LNG-2 would be Russia's third-large-scale project for producing liquefied natural gas after a gas-prom-led Sakhalin-2 plant in Russia's Pacific and Yamal LNG controlled by Novotech. It would help Russia achieve its goal of gaining 20 percent of the global LNG market by 2035 from around 8 percent currently. And the first project was successfully implemented and works. There are now all the grounds to believe that the second Arctic LNG-2 will also be implemented in terms of time and with the right quality. Naturally, yes, it will also affect the cargo of the northern sea route, completely obvious things, because after the implementation of the second part of Arctic LNG-2, of course, the northern sea route will be implemented, which is required by the Arctic LNG-2, and by the Arctic LNG-2 of the largest class. In general, such a multiplicative effect is given by projects of a similar kind and of a similar scale.