Mobilisation

From the Arctic tundra to the Ukrainian front

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The other Russia

The Russian fight against war

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NATO's new northern flank

War games in boreal forest spotlights changing security architecture of the North

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New Barents Observer report

Repression by Law: Independent media as an enemy of the state

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History and truth

The Russian Ministry of Defense is building a war memorial in Northern Norway

Pipeline attack

Energy security: "Situation is grave, measures are implemented"

Invites private investors

Moscow vows to improve Svalbard infrastructure

Mobilisation

FSB tightens control at Arctic exit route amid border closure rumours

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Cold waters

Nuclear subs made trans-Arctic under-ice transfer from Barents to Pacific

Deported Ukrainian children arrive in Murmansk

Mobilisation

"With military background, I had to make a quick decision," Vladimir said after crossing northern border to Norway

Troubled waters

Norway cancels Coast Guard visit to Murmansk

Podcasts

Nuclear-powered multipurpose ship for Arctic operations presented

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Opinions

Dr. Lawson W. Brigham

Arctic Shipping Routes: Russia’s Challenges and Uncertainties

Markku Heikkilä

How Nordic countries could act to save Arctic co-operation

Barry Scott Zellen

The world needs the Arctic Council now more than ever

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Mobilisation

More Russian men flee Putin's call-up decree via northern borders

Mobilisation

Russia readies border closures for military-aged men – reports

Mobilisation

PhosAgro lists 106 employees to fight in Ukraine

Mobilisation

Russian miners and oilmen go to war

Taymyr Peninsula

Russia shows off Arctic military power

Follows the EU

Norway formally scraps Russia visa deal

Dual nationals scared from visiting relatives in Russia as Putin announces partial mobilization

Call-up for more soldiers

Putin announces 'Partial' military mobilization

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Northern Fleet conducts Arctic military drill

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The Narvik-China trade route

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war

Murmansk Governor: I expect your full support for the mobilization

Honorary Consul

Norway maintains presence in Arkhangelsk

Urengoy

The Army is on its way to extinguish fire at Russia's biggest natural gas field

Six months with sanctions

No luxury goods confiscated on Norway-Russia border

Burevestnik

New study reveals comprehensive buildup of nuclear missile test-ground at Novaya Zemlya

BREAKING

Major fire at Russia's largest nickel electrolysis workshop

Tech trouble

Sanctions are biting on Russian icebreaker builders

Nuclear-powered multipurpose ship for Arctic operations presented

Russia tests latest underwater warfare technology in the Barents Sea

northern waters

A place of calm: Northern Fleet sailors arrive in remotest Arctic archipelago

atomflot

Murmansk eyes sharp raise in hazardous nuclear waste management

crisis vote

War-time election exposes fatigue, dormant protest

200th Motorized Brigade

Tankers day celebrated in Pechenga despite reports of massive new war losses

Air pollution expected to increase as climate warms, says WMO

travel trends

Murmansk to get sanctions-free shopping flight to Minsk

€80 fee

Russians facing stricter visa rules for Schengen countries

circumvent sanctions

Sanctioned Belarusian fertilisers to be exported from Murmansk

Gazprom's new major Arctic project might be a dead end

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Barents Must-Reads

How Norway’s new P-8 Poseidon will counter Russia’s submarine threat in Arctic waters

As Finland and Sweden join NATO, Norfolk command beefs up readiness in alliance’s northern flank

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Miners hunting for metals to battery cars threaten Sámi reindeer herders' homeland

Norway's celebration of Svalbard Treaty was followed by ardent and coordinated response from Moscow media

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Pasvik, the river that tells the High North

On patrol along its Arctic coast, Norway's relation with Russia is challenged between deterrence and reassurance

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A spin doctor from Murmansk guides IAEA inspectors at occupied Zaporizhzhya plant

"Severny Polyus"

The "North Pole" is on its way to the Arctic

Here Komi fighters go to war

Warming planet

Summer 2022 was warmest on record for Svalbard

Norway prolongs coal mining at Svalbard until 2025

Exit Russia

30 years of Arctic oil cooperation is over

Back to school: At least 1,274 Murmansk kids have fathers fighting, dead or injured in Ukraine

As more warriors from Pechenga perish in war, local military towns face overhaul

Project seeks to assess respect for Indigenous rights in Sapmi

Live crabs transported from Murmansk to Moscow for the first time

With a "Z" on his jacket, Gazprom chief Miller says Murmansk will get gas

Construction of second Arctic floating nuclear power plant is underway

Asian friends

Russia must make a great shift towards the East, says Minister of the Arctic

"Rossiya"

This reactor will power the world’s largest icebreaker

Starting on Monday

A thousand foreign soldiers join Lapland exercise

Patriot Center in Arkhangelsk starts training of new warriors

Norway adopts EU's updated sanctions against Russia

In border town Kirkenes, local Russians stand up against war

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Rosneft-sponsored study says Soviet-era eco-impact at Franz Josef Land is ‘insignificant’

Defence ministers of Norway, Finland, Sweden to talk security at Thursday meeting

German icebreaker back from research trip to better understand Arctic ice

Barents Sea exercise

Corvette sailed north via inner waterways and launched Kalibr cruise missile

Loaded with military propaganda, warship setting sail on Arctic voyage

Kirkenes-Pechenga

Not one single new application for visa-free travel in borderland

Chinese shippers shun Russian Arctic waters

Northern Sea Route

Amid war, sanctions and looming collapse, Moscow says Russian Arctic shipping will thrive

Moscow threatens to block Marianne's news online over interview from 2018

Scandinavian fighter jets in joint training with American B-52 bombers above Arctic Circle

Three asylum seekers walked the wilderness out of Russia

Northern Fleet kicks off large Barents-Arctic naval exercise

The shelf

Assertive Moscow outlines push into central Arctic Ocean

UK denies violation of Russian airspace over the Barents Sea

Russian fishermen violated shore leave regulations, took the skiff towards area with military restrictions

Russia accuses British spy plane of violating airspace north of Kola Peninsula

Lack of workforce troubling Lappish municipalities

Turks are coming to Russia's rescue in large Arctic LNG project

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