Pechenga

With nickel in great demand, Nornickel expands Kola mine

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Close call

Major disaster averted in icy Kara Sea after two oil barges ran aground

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History and truth

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

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Russian North

"We are on our own and Russia is on its own"

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

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

Biggest Arctic construction sites could turn into ghost towns

Jonas Gahr Støre

The Prime Minister that delimited the border to Russia is back in the borderland

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

Finland

US military refuelling plane flies over Lapland day after NATO announcement

On eve of NATO membership, defense ministers from Finland, Sweden discuss Nordic cooperation on border to Russia

Arctic Frontiers

Will the green transition be the new economic motor in the Arctic?

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NATO’s northern flank would be more robust if Sweden and Finland join, expert says

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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

Jan Dusik

Arctic oil and gas: the wrong solution to the world’s energy crisis

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May 9th

In Murmansk war parade was presented new coastal radar and missile system

Senior Arctic officials working on plan forward amidst Arctic Council pause

Bordertown unwilling to invite Ukrainian Ambassador to attend Liberation Day

"Viktor Chernomyrdin" rises to the Arctic test

As Moscow prepared for war, state company Gazprom sold Arctic gas worth almost €140 billion

Fennovoima

Finnish nuclear power developers kick out Russian partners

Embargo looms, but Russia proceeds with its biggest Arctic oil project

Norway closes seaports and border to Russian traffic

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  • "Stop Putin, Don't Bomb Ukraine," reads the sign as some 150 people marched towards the border river Pasvik. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
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  • The Norwegian- Russian border follows the deepest part of the Pasvik river. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
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  • Russia is on the other side of the frozen river. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
  • Some 150 people participated in the protest march. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
  • Protest against Putin's war on Ukraine outside Russia's Consulate General in Kirkenes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Anti-war protest Ukraine support

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With threats looming, Nordic countries strengthen defense cooperation

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A state of paranoia is embracing Russian government officials

Defence Minister goes from Ramstein to Kirkenes, says Norway must get stronger in the North

Lapland among regions not in favour of wind power compensation

Moscow expels Nordic diplomats

As new iron curtain descends, Moscow takes action against "foreign influence"

Nordic grid cuts Russian power

Fear Iron Curtain

Students, employees urge Arkhangelsk rector to withdraw war-support

Novatek casts doubt over its future Arctic gas

Four top Russian company leaders found dead in three months

Hanne is Norway's new Consul General to Murmansk

A transport crisis looms in the Russian Arctic

Russia classifies customs data as sanctions bite

Full speed ahead in rearmament of the Kola Peninsula, Shoigu told military commanders

Energy security

Amid European despair for natural gas, Norway boosts production

The "Moscow" is on the bottom of the Black Sea, but on the shores of the White Sea awaits a new cruiser

pro-war rallies

On Russia's remotest Arctic coasts resounds a heil for Putin's war

Russia's former top Arctic official is arrested

"Severny Polyus"

Russian Arctic science ship to sail with very low sulphur fuel oils

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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

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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

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War economy

Putin orders comprehensive upgrade of military towns on Kola

Novosibirsk

Community at Siberian university strongly condemns war in Ukraine

Reorientation

Isolated Russia says it will invite "non-Arctic" states to develop its North

HMS Prince of Wales

British aircraft carrier visits remote island in Norwegian Arctic

NATO’s northern flank would be more robust if Sweden and Finland join, expert says

Censorship

Moscow Times' Russian service blocked over war coverage

Infrastructure

Arctic projects must not be postponed because of sanctions, Putin orders

Arctic bases

With Russian aggression comes turbulence for Norway’s air defense planning

Western technology

New sanctions deal fatal blow to Russia's Arctic LNG

Survey: Majority of Finns consider Russia a significant military threat

U.S. amphibious combat group deploys to the high north amid high tensions

The Murmansk Palace of Culture is wrapped in Putin’s Nazi-inspired war symbol

In Russia's North, locals are starting to feel the new war economy

Northern Finland

Tourism faces uncertainty due to closure of Russian air space and rising fuel costs

restart

Novaya Gazeta launches European edition in bid to dodge Kremlin censorship

border zone

Tensions are high, but no plans to terminate visa-free travel

In northern Norway, fears grow over saboteurs, spies and influence operations

Oslo expels three diplomates from Russian Embassy

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Europe banning Russian coal will hit hard on Murmansk and Barentsburg

Dramatic decline

Murmansk population down by 8,700

Andrei Danilov

War protesting Sámi activist from Kola seeks asylum in Norway

"Liberating Ukraine from nationalist dirt is our historical duty," says Arctic University rector Elena Kudryashova

70th annual reindeer cup races held on frozen Lake Inari

war in europe

Norway boosts military spendings in the north

Like thousands of others in the Russian North, the new City Mayor of Murmansk comes from Ukraine

Norwegian PM talks Ukraine with Vladimir Putin

Zelensky warns Norway against Russian Arctic militarization

Flexing a nuclear-powered submarine in Lyngen, UK sharpens Arctic military presence

Big collapse looms over Russian Arctic policy

Russian cyber attacks, espionage pose growing threat to Finnish national security

Lavrov announces stricter entry rules as a new Iron Curtain descends

Russia’s Novaya Gazeta suspends operations after Kremlin warnings

From Pechenga to war

Hundreds of Arctic troops killed, says Ukrainian adviser

As bombs fall on Ukrainian churches, the Metropolitan of Murmansk says this is a war against Antichrist

"We now have an unstable, unpredictable and more dangerous neighbour in the North"

Allegro

End comes to last Russia-Europe rail link

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