Moscow is ready for cooperation in the region, but confrontation will not have “any positive effect,” the Kremlin has said Moscow would welcome a new EU Arctic policy if it is aimed at international cooperation and not confrontation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Russia is an Arctic nation and has major interests in the region, which it will not hesitate to defend, he told journalists on Wednesday. Peskov was commenting on a recent statement by the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas,