In August 2015, Russia submitted an application for the expansion of the external borders of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean, asserting that the eastern part of the Lomonosov Ridge and the Mendeleyev Ridge are an extension of the Eurasian continent.
Russia submitted an application for the expansion of the external borders of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. This was in August 2015. The eastern part of the Lomonosov Ridge and the Mendeleyev Ridge are an extension of the Eurasian continent. This was what Russia was asserting in August 2015.