Russian authorities build a so-called 'memorial garden' in Pechenga next to the cemetery that houses many of Hitler's troops killed in the 2WW attack on Murmansk.
The Russian General Prosecutor argues that environmentalists undermine the country's expansionist plans in the Arctic and its development of the Northern Sea Route. The WWF is now declared an "undesired organisation."
Following reports about huge losses among soldiers from the Russian North, Governor of the Yamal Nenets region strikes deal with the commander of the Wolverine Battalion.
The country believes it has a treasure of rare minerals and metals under the seabed of its vast oceans. But environmentalists warn that extraction could bring detrimental damage to marine ecosystems.
The floating unit will be based in Ura Guba near Murmansk and serve as reloading hub for Russia's export of liquified natural gas. After four months of towing from the Korean shipyard, the Saam FSU this week reached the Norwegian Sea.
Dmitry Vasilets got 2,2 years behind bars for his unwillingness to go to war. The sentence is a violation of his constitutional rights, Memorial argues.
The more than 200 meter long Pugnax sails through the Bering Strait and westwards on the Northern Sea Route. On board is a several thousand tons heavy module for Arctic LNG 2 project.
Atle is journalist and Publisher of the Independent Barents Observer.
In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer. He was editor until 2009 and later worked as journalist and project coordinator for several European cross-border cooperation projects. In late 2015, following a conflict over editorial rights, he re-established the Barents Observer as an independent and non-profit stock company along with the rest of the newspaper crew.
Atle has a degree in Russian studies from the University of Oslo and studied journalism at the Moscow State University.