Security
For the sixth year in a row, the Navy shows muscles along the Northern Sea Route. First port calls are Dikson and Dudinka.
The military-patriotic movement Yunarmiya now totals more than 140,000 youngsters. Many of them are from the Russian North.
There are new dangers and threats arising, the security document warns.
The Soviet and British soldiers who lost their lives on the Fisheman’s (Rybachi) Peninsula were honored by two countries’ military representatives.
It will include about 50 vessels and is held as a preparatory phase to the upcoming «Zapad-2017» drills.
The world's largest nuclear-powered submarine on northbound voyage outside the coast of Norway.
Returning from Naval Parade in St. Petersburg, the two largest nuclear powered vessels of the Northern Fleet will soon again appear in Scandinavian waters.
"Ulyanovsk" will be armed with eight cruise missile launchers and ten torpedo tubes.
«Of course, this is also a show of force to Norway, Germany, Sweden, Poland and some other countries,» says Russian commentator.
Nuclear safety expert Nils Bøhmer says the reactors on board the Typhoon submarine now sailing along the coast of Norway towards St. Petersburg are of 40 years old design.
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Two of the world’s biggest nuclear-powered Navy vessels — battle cruiser «Pyotr Veliky» and Typhoon-class sub «Dmitry Donskoy», on Monday left Severomorsk. Next stop is St.Petersburg.
The «Vsevolod Vorobyov» will aid bigger Navy vessels and take part in exploration of the Arctic shelf.
In a show of strength, 11 vessels from 10 allied countries unfold a large-scale exercise in the North Atlantic.
Russian Defense Ministry says their most modern ballistic Bulava missile was launched from a submarine in the Barents Sea on Monday.
Norway is not fully a predictable partner and the situation in the north can be destabilized, Russia’s Embassy in Oslo slashes out against the Norwegian Government.
Seventeen new buildings, power generation stations and a fresh water well are under construction in Cape Schmidt, the east Arctic Navy base.
The Norwegian maritime patrol plane was flying near Russia’s border in the Barents Sea.
It used to be civilian rescue services and the Coast Guard which represented Russia in the joint search and rescue drills in the Barents Sea. This year, it was the powerful Northern Fleet. It is a positive development, the Norwegians say.
For the first time in many years, a Typhoon submarine made a short port call to a base on the Kola Peninsula this weekend. Russian media says next stop is St. Petersburg.
Among the areas with demographic growth is the border municipality of Pechenga.
Russia rearms strategic forces:
The reverse gear seems to hang up for continuing disarmament of nuclear weapons in the Arctic. Barents Observer has made a comprehensive review of satellite images from naval base-level storage facilities that confirms heavy construction works.
Fighter jets from Bodø were sent on Quick Reaction Alert on Saturday. Norwegian Joint Headquarters confirms increased activity by Russian military planes over the last few weeks.
The powerful Northern Fleet vessel engages in shooting exercises off the coast of the Kola Peninsula.
Northern Brigade kick-started a military drill Sunday evening by moving battle tanks to Evenes airport.
Privately owned property and related real estate can from now on be seized for needs of the state.
More than 100 aircrafts from 12 nations will crowd the skies over northern Finland, Sweden and Norway.
When visiting Svalbard Moscow said it was “provocative”, but all was peaceful when the same lawmakers on Thursday walked all the way to Russia’s borderline with Norway.
On the eve of Victory Day May 9th, more than 20 vessels sail out for combat training in the Barents Sea at the same time as NATO vessels are on exercise outside Northern Norway.
The 96 meter long search and rescue tug «Akademik Aleksandrov» can transport heavy weaponry and operate in thick Arctic ice.
Norwegian and other NATO submarines and surface vessels will train warfare in northern waters in the coming weeks.
Leader of the regional party office in Murmansk, Andrey Kapitonov, was recruited by Russian agents as part of a plot involving liberal Parnas and the Norwegian secret police. Then it all backfired on the Russian security service.
The Armed Forces prepare for show-off of their special designed Pantsir-SA and Tor-M2DT, both short and medium-range surface to air missile systems on belts.
95 percent of the soldiers with the Northern Fleet are now on professional contracts, following a year when Russia increased defense spendings by 5.4%.
An upcoming meeting by NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly in Longyearbyen is triggering a sharp reaction from Russia’s Foreign Ministry.