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A container from China arrives in Narvik. It could pave way for a new transport route

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New major wind power plant in Murmansk might produce green hydrogen

Despite crackdowns and freezing cold, Navalny supporters make ready for Saturday's demonstrations

'Youth Army' steps up patriotic offensive in Murmansk schools

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Honoring Soviet dictator: Murmansk Communists say time has come to raise a monument of Stalin

Trade stalemate

Russia sees lowest foreign investment since 1994

Russian bombers Tu-160 refuel in polar night over Arctic waters

LNG tanker loses engine power on Northern Sea Route

Security

Northern Fleet prepares deployment of hypersonic missile Kinzhal

Space battlefield

Anti-satellite missile tested from Plesetsk for the second time in 2020

Illegal immigrants blamed for ship fire at yard in closed military town

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Disney to shoot climate change drama at Svalbard

Norway extends border closure with Finland

"A step closer to year-round shipments on Northern Sea Route"

Military tensions

Skies over Russia are closing for European eyes

Climate crisis

Russia has never been this hot

Coronavirus brings World Rally Championship into Arctic Circle for the first time

Vostok Oil

Igor Sechin's great move of North Siberian oil towards Arctic coast is taking shape

Iron-ore producer with Arctic experience buys Sydvaranger Mine

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  • An ice sculpture of Russia's single aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov". Photo: Andrey Zolotkov
  • The snow village is rebuilt every winter in Kirovsk on the Kola Peninsula. Photo: Andrey Zolotkov
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Snow village in Kirkovsk

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With threats looming, Nordic countries strengthen defense cooperation

Norwegian oil: big investments, growing production and desire for High Arctic drilling

Lapland temperature of -39°C marks year’s coldest day so far in Finland

Russia building coastal base for ‘Doomsday Nuke’ – reports

Illegal sailing

Big growth is followed by scandal for military Arctic shipper

Svalbard

Longyearbyen to shut down coal-power plant

Ministry reshuffle

Top Russian official on Arctic affairs resigns

Sevmash to lay down two more Borei-A class submarines in 2021

Icy shipping

Overfulfilling the Arctic plan

Electric cars hit record 50% sales in northernmost Norway, mid-winter range no longer a problem

Climate action plan

Norway takes aim at low-carbon society

Big carbon polluter in Murmansk erects world’s tallest thermometer

Spike in COVID-19 cases among US Marines arriving in northern Norway

Border crossings at 25-year low

The Russian military cargo ship that violated Arctic shipping code breaks free from ice lockup

Aircraft carrier ice model on display in Kirovsk snow village

Arctic tourism

Moscow wants more tourists to northernmost archipelago

New U.S. Arctic strategy focuses on ‘day-to-day competition’ with Russia and China

Lapland sees a population decline that will continue for years to come

Barents Must-Reads

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

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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

Photo story

Pasvik, the river that tells the High North

Climate change is about to divide Norway’s largest Arctic island into two

Russia presents a grandiose 5-year plan for the Arctic

Russians’ economic optimism at two-decade low – poll

Russian scientists hope to identify wreckage of legendary Arctic icebreaker in 2021

Russia’s oil and gas production sharply down in 2020, but here comes a new Arctic offshore platform

Icy shipping

Tankers set course for thick ice as part of experiment on Northern Sea Route

Barents Region’s coronavirus death toll crosses 2000

Arctic ship building

New grand icebreaking vessel to explore hyped Arctic seaway

What is happening with Arctic weather? Moscow wants to know

Norway makes testing mandatory at entry, closes many border roads

Media crackdown

The Kremlin moves against independent journalists — thousands could end up as "foreign agents"

Army life

Big facelift for closed military towns in Kola Peninsula

Murmansk mourns fishermen lost in bitterly cold Barents Sea

After record heat comes extreme cold to Russian Arctic coast

Icing believed to cause sinking of fishing boat in Barents Sea, 17 missing

Rosatom to build small-scale land-based Arctic nuclear plant by 2028

Potanin: "This is a historic event for Nornickel"

Russia’s Northern Fleet begins 2nd stage of COVID-19 vaccination

Big waves after local inhabitant complains to Putin about poor healthcare in home town of Arctic Brigade

Supreme Court rules in favor of Norway's Arctic oil drilling

Shipping on Northern Sea Route breaks record

Russian Arctic research in high spirits as yard sets the "North Pole" afloat

War heroes and patriotism come to Russian Arctic shelf

In Putin's 5-hour long press conference was not a single word about climate change or Arctic

Dramatic situation as military freight ship gets stuck in Arctic ice

Illegal immigrants blamed for ship fire at yard in closed military town

Space battlefield

Anti-satellite missile tested from Plesetsk for the second time in 2020

Northern Fleet prepares deployment of hypersonic missile Kinzhal

Arctic LNG

Ships flock in icy Ob Bay as new grand seaport rises

Climate crisis

Big carbon footprint makes Norway a fading star in UN Human Development ranking

Northern Fleet Commander says Zapad-2021 will be next year's "main effort"

Media freedom

Barents Observer opens another door through Russia's censorship wall

Big Oil for tiny Arctic town Dikson

Equinor expands in oil on thawing permafrost in Siberia

Salvo of four Bulava missiles hit test range on Kanin Peninsula

Big spreading

COVID haunts Northern Russia

Russia to recruit convicts to clean up Arctic pollution

Norwegian soldier violated Finland's border

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