Thomas Nilsen

Harassment, fines, and prosecutions are just some of the tactics authorities use across Russia to silence eco-activists. Whistleblower Aleksandr Peskov was detained for two days for filming at Shiyes, a proposed massive landfill project in Arkhangelsk region for trash from Moscow.
July 27, 2023
The Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow has listed TV Rain (TV Dozhd) as undesirable. The popular independent media channel says it has to cancel subscriptions from Russians.
July 26, 2023
A man from southern Russia stands trial in Zapolyarny for giving $4,000 to a guard at an observation post, supposed to allow four Syrian citizens to make it over to Norway.
July 18, 2023
Reports are coming in about hundreds of dead birds from Hammerfest in the west to Murmansk in the east.
July 15, 2023
Amid Baltic Sea NATO expansion and growing east-west mistrust, Russia has decided not to sail a nuclear-powered submarine from the Kola Peninsula to the annual high-profile naval parade taking place in St. Petersburg on July 30.
July 14, 2023
While the Norwegian P-8 Poseidon flew north of the Kola Peninsula, an American RC-135V Rivet Joint was circling over northernmost Finland, near the border with Russia.
July 11, 2023
About 25 cruise vessels are currently sailing the rugged, remote Svalbard archipelago with thousands of passengers hoping to get a glimpse of polar bears and other Arctic wildlife.
July 11, 2023
The Procurator General’s Office in Moscow claims the organisation’s activities are “provocative” and “shapes public opinions”.
July 07, 2023
Never before have Europeans had so many direct flights to the snowy wilderness during polar night as during the upcoming winter.
July 07, 2023
From July 10, Russians traveling with business visas to Schengen-Europe will no longer be allowed to transit through Finland.
July 07, 2023

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