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End of an era:

Last Typhoon removed from service

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Who are the North Russian men killed in Ukraine?

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“This initiative begins and ends with the state." How political propaganda is being introduced into Russian schools

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With local support, Bishop Aleksandr of Plesetsk has a desire to build Orthodox chapel next to Vardø radar

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History matters

Russia celebrates "liberation" of annexed Finnish land

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The other Russia

The Russian fight against war

Energy export

Construction starts at new Murmansk LNG hub

Norway open

Last Schengen land-border open for Russian tourists sees 33 percent increase in traffic

Sodankylä

US soldiers to train Arctic warfare in Lapland from Monday

Research - partner contents

Fram Centre

Joining forces against radiation accidents

Fram Centre

Leaching of metals from mine tailings in Repparfjorden

Fram Centre

Meltdown of the Arctic Ocean: Dead end or new opportunities?

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New tanks

Norway buys 54 Leopards for protection of the North

Norwegians sell hotels in Russia. 10% of the sum is seized by Putin's war treasury

Drone flyer

Appeal Court okays Yakunin acquittal

4-5 °C above normal

Warmest January in Norway’s northeast

Podcasts

Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, Russian Arctic troops shoot missiles near border to Norway and Finland

The Barents Observer · Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, Russian Arctic troops shoot missiles near border to Norway

Opinions

Austin Felter

U.S. Arctic Insecurity: It’s time for a new strategy

Elena F. Tracy

In the name of energy security, Europe should not support more offshore drilling in the Arctic

Dr. Lawson W. Brigham

Arctic Shipping Routes: Russia’s Challenges and Uncertainties

Aleksandr Slupachik

"I just want to help my people," says exiled Sámi leader

Arctic aspirations

Andrei Patrushev buys stake in Arkhangelsk Seaport

War-time trade

"Do you want to be remembered as the company earning money on Russia?"

Salekhard, May 11

Lonely Lavrov invites Arctic colleagues to Siberia, but no one will come

Shares in 51 companies

Value of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund's Russia investments slashed to one-tenth

Pechenga

Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, Russian Arctic troops shoot missiles near border to Norway and Finland

Business exit

American investors leave forests of Arkhangelsk

Fleeing war

Finland freezes Russians' asylum requests

PHOTOS See more

A last hug. Man from the Pechenga rayon going to war. Photo: Andrei Kuznetsov on Telegram
Mobilisation along border to Finland and Norway. Drafted men from the Pechenga rayon. Photo: town Mayor Andrei Kuznetsov on Telegram
Drafted men from Murmansk. Photo: Governor Chibis on Telegram
Young indigenous Nenets men from the Yamal-Nenets region going to war. Photo: Governor Artyukhov on Telegram
Mobilisation in Murmansk. Photo: Governor Chibis on Telegram
Governor Dmitry Artyukhov speaks to young men from the Yamal-Nenets region head of their departure to the battlefield. Photo: Artyukhov on Telegram
Smiles ahead of the battle. Men from Yamal-Nenets region going to War. Photo: Governor Artyukhov on Telegram
From the Yamal tundra til war. Photo: Governor Dmitry Artyukhov on Telegram
Komi men on their way to war. Photo: Governor Vladimir Uiba on Telegram
Last good-bye in Pechenga. Photo: town Mayor Kuznetsov
Last good-bye in Pechenga. Photo: Andrei Kuznetsov on Telegram
Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis speaks to local drafted men. Photo: Chibis on Telegram
Local man from Pechenga rayon says farewell to relatives ahead of departure for the battlefields. Photo: Andrei Kuznetsov on Telegram
Drafted men from Aleksandrovsk, Kola Peninsula. Photo: vk.com/zatogadjievo
Drafted men from Gadzhievo, Murmansk region. Photo: vk.com/zatogadjievo
Last good-bye in Snezhnegorsk, Kola Peninsula. Photo: vk.com/zatogadjievo
Drafted men from Aleksandrovsk, Kola Peninsula. Photo: vk.com/zatogadjievo
Mobilization in Kandalaksha, Murmansk region. Photo: vk.com/iprosolenko
Last good-bye in Kandalaksha. Photo: vk.com/iprosolenko
Young people from Kandalaksha going to war. Photo: vk.com/iprosolenko
Friends and relatives say farewell to drafted men from Kandalaksha, Murmansk region. Photo: vk.com/iprosolenko
Mobilization in Chukotka. Photo: Governor Roman Kopin on Telegram
Mobilization in Chukotka. Photo: Governor Roman Kopin on Telegram
Blessing by the archbishop. Photo: church of Severomorsk
Marching band plays for departing reservists in Arkhangelsk. Photo: Governor Tsybulsky on VK

Mobilisation in Russian North

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Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, Russian Arctic troops shoot missiles near border to Norway and Finland

The motorised rifle brigade in Pechenga is exercising with multiple-launch rocket system Grad and self-propelled guns Akatsia only few kilometres from the two Nordic countries.