Elizaveta Vereykina

“Unissued diplomas”: an exhibition in Tromsø highlights Ukrainian students who died in the war

Photos of 40 students who died during the war in Ukraine are displayed on the walls at the campus of The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Tromsø.
March 12, 2024

“Women who are trying to bring mobilized relatives back home will not have a celebration.” International Women's Day in Russia

The Barents Observer spoke with six women from the northern regions of Russia to find out if they celebrate March 8th and what this day means to them.
March 07, 2024

“Thank you, Aleksei.” Thousands line the streets for Navalny’s funeral in Moscow.

“Putin is a murderer,” the crowd also shouted.
March 01, 2024

Putin threatens Western countries with retaliatory strikes if Russian territory is attacked.

There is a “threat of a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons,” Putin concluded.
February 29, 2024

“Navalny was supposed to be free soon,” his team says on the prisoner swap that was being planned shortly before his death.

Navalny’s team says the negotiations on the swap were at the final stage and suggests that the Russian politician "was killed in order to get rid of the bargaining chip”.
February 26, 2024

"Stop the war. People die on both sides". Kirkenes supports Ukraine two years after war began.

February 24, 2024

“I will continue to fight for our country. I ask you to share the fury with me”. Navalny’s wife vows to continue his work

The widow also hints that soon her team will reveal the details of Navalny's death.
February 19, 2024

Navalny’s mother struggles to claim his body

The morgue in the arctic town of Salekhard, where presumably the body could be, refused to let her in.
February 19, 2024

"It's a tragedy. People like him are born once in a century". Kirkenes reacts to Navalny's death

February 16, 2024

Son of Putin's ally acquitted of illegal drone flight in Norway

The reason for the acquittal - he was not aware that what he did was illegal.
February 14, 2024

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