Elizaveta Vereykina

Russian VTB bank to finance the construction of icebreakers

Amid sanctions, the importance of the Northern Sea Route rises.
June 19, 2023

“The trust is gone” - tensions on the rise in Norway after more restrictions for Russian fishing vessels.

Video documentary and article about Russian fishermen, residents of Kirkenes and Norwegian businesses caught in political turmoil of the war.
June 01, 2023

The "spy whale” is back

The well known ‘Whaledimir’ beluga whale has been detected in the waters near Oslo.
May 24, 2023

“Of course my case was political. Especially after our fight for Shiyes”. Activist spent 2,5 years in prison for Rammstein music video.

Former head of Alexey Navalny headquarters in Arkhangelsk Andrei Borovikov was released from prison today after he spent 2,5 years behind bars. We spoke to him after his release.
May 23, 2023

Lukoil launched the second stage of the Kola Wind farm.

The company calls it “the world’s most powerful wind farm beyond the Arctic Circle”.
May 23, 2023

Russian Gazprom Neft launches driverless trucks in the Arctic

The new technology is supposed to help to avoid truck driver shortages, increase road safety and efficiency, experts say.
May 08, 2023

"It demonstrates the potential enormity of the problems society may face over the coming centuries" UiT scientists on the new data from the Barents Sea.

New Barents Sea study points to how global sea level will continue to rise.
April 20, 2023

“I wouldn’t start hounding Russian citizens because of the fact that they are Russian” UiT professor

"The Russian intelligence has the north of Norway as the primal sphere of interest," says Professor Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv after 15 diplomates were expelled from Oslo last week.
April 17, 2023

"We have Mr. Putin in the neighbourhood. That’s the only reason"

There are mixed feelings in northernmost Finland on the country’s entry into the North Atlantic Alliance. But people agree that Putin’s war changed everything.
April 04, 2023

"You protect our freedom," King Harald tells soldiers guarding border to Russia

The Norwegian Head of State pays visit to Sør-Varanger Garrison, the military base located only few kilometres from the warring country.
March 14, 2023

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