September 30, 2021: Chief FSB Border Guard Directorate, Lt.Gen. Stanislav Maslov (left) and Chief of the Norwegian Joint Head Quarters (NJHQ), Lt. Gen. Yngve Odlo, lay wreath at the monument in memory of the Red Army soldiers that liberated Kirkenes in October 1944 from Nazi-German occupation. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

FSB Coast Guard vessel "Polyarnaya Zvezda" made port call to Kirkenes, alongside Norwegian Coast Guard vessel "KV Nordkapp" on September 29, 2021. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

FSB Coast Guard vessel "Polyarnaya Zvezda" sailing Bøkfjorden, Kirkenes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Chief FSB Border Guard Directorate, Lt. Gen. Stanislav Maslov (left) and Chief of the Norwegian Joint Head Quarters (NJHQ), Lt. Gen. Yngve Odlo, lay wreath at the monument in memory of the Red Army soldiers that liberated Kirkenes in October 1944 from Nazi-German occupation. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Norwegian and Russian Coast Guard Commanders, September 30, 2021. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Russian FSB Border Guard officials. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Norwegian military officers and Russian FSB officials at the monument in memory of the Red Army's liberation of Kirkenes from Nazi-German occupation, October 1944. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Norwegian Coast Guard vessel "KV Nordkapp" and Russian FSB Coast Guard vessel "Polyarnaya Zvezda" sailing in Bøkfjorden towards Kirkenes, Norway. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Russian FSB Coast Guard vessel "Polyarnaya Zvezda" in Norwegian waters outside Kirkenes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

The two countries' coast guard vessels at port in Kirkenes. Photo: Atle Staalesen

The FSB coast guard vessel "Polyarnaya Zvezda" arrives to Kirkenes. Photo: Atle Staalesen

The Russian coast guard's flag in the rear of the "Polyarnaya Zvezda" vessel. Photo: Atle Staalesen