The $US 12 billion Nord Steam gas pipeline will enhance energy supplies from Russia to Europe when it is completed. Paul Vandoren, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Moscow spoke to RT about the project.

RT’s Dmitry Glukhovsky travelled with the Arctic expedition that put the Russian Flag on the North Pole seabed last year. He came into the studio to talk about the energy reserves that may lie buried beneath the ice cap.

Top envoys from Russia, the U.S. and other nations are meeting in Greenland to discuss how to carve up the potentially profitable polar region. Mark Raykhlin, founder of the Russian Organisation for Saving the Antarctic, told RT about environmental concerns in the area.

Amnesty International's Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation Worldwide was released on Wednesday. Historian Ilya Budraitskis joined RT to take a look at the key issues raised.