Vladimir Putin warns of growing competition for Arctic supremacy

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Vladimir Putin has warned of intensifying geopolitical competition in the Arctic amid rising US threats to take Greenland from Denmark, but said Russia was open to co-operation with western countries in the region.

As US vice-president JD Vance was set to visit the territory, Putin said on Thursday that Donald Trump’s intent to acquire Greenland had nothing to do with…