Trude Pettersen

Lavrov: Russia to increase safety on Northern Sea Route

Russia intends to increase safety of the Northern Sea Route by restoring infrastructure, including military infrastructure, that has been almost completely lost in the 1990s, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
April 15, 2016

Films from the North touring Russia

A special program of five selected short films by Nordic directors is touring Russia.
April 14, 2016

Nikora enters Murmansk government

Longstanding regional politician Yegeny Nikora is appointed Deputy Governor of Murmansk Oblast in charge of housing, construction and energy.
April 14, 2016

Chechen special forces instructors landed on Svalbard

Chechen special forces used Longyearbyen airport on Svalbard for transportation of personnel and equipment for an airborne drill close to the North Pole.
April 13, 2016

Prirazlomnaya ‘zero emission’ system launched

Gazprom’s Arctic oil drilling rig Prirazlomnaya in the Pechora Sea has commissioned its first reinjection well.
April 12, 2016

Every fourth on Svalbard is a foreigner

The overall population on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has not changed much during the last years, but the components of it certainly have.
April 12, 2016

Russian military instructors plan to land on Svalbard

Russian airborne forces are preparing exercises close to the North Pole. During the preparations instructors and dog teams plan to land at Longyearbyen airport on Svalbard.
April 07, 2016

Arctic tests for new icebreakers

Russia’s new diesel electric icebreakers will be tested in harsh ice conditions on Northern Sea Route.
April 06, 2016

Russian Generals identified in Ukraine war

One of them is said to be the Commander of the 200th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade in Pechenga.
April 06, 2016

Barneo ice floe cracking up

The ice floe where Russia's ice station Barneo is under construction has cracked up, and technicians are now looking for a new place to put up camp.
April 05, 2016

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