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Putin says Greenland 'nothing to do with Russia' in nod to US

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Russia is promoting the idea of economic cooperation with the United States in an Arctic region packed with natural resources.

Moscow seems confident that it can woo Washington with promises of lucrative deals in the Arctic and across Russia .

But before deals can be done the war in Ukraine needs to end, says Kirill Dmitriev .

Meanwhile presidential envoy Mr Dmitriev is singing the praises of one particular American - Elon Musk and counting on cooperation. "We believe Elon Musk is a great visionary, a great leader and a very successful person," Mr Dmitriev tells me. " Russia has a lot to offer for a mission to Mars because we have some nuclear technologies which can be applicable. "There are some video conferences we believe will be upcoming with, let's say, the Musk team.".