Russia sending crude to China via Arctic Bloomberg

The Northern Sea Route cuts transportation times to Asia's biggest economy by 30%

A Russian tanker loaded with crude is heading through Arctic waters to China as Moscow seeks to expand the use of the Northern Sea Route in the face of Western sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

The Aframax-class tanker Primorsky Prospect, carrying about 730,000 barrels of Urals crude, left Russia's Bal