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The «Remøy» is on its way home. But the shipowner will soon face Russian court proceedings.

The jobs in the oil industry should be reserved locals, Nenets leader Igor Koshin says.

The financial instrument is to help indigenous groups raise resources for involvement in decision-making and participation in the Arctic Council.

The Russian and Finnish foreign ministers praised bilateral ties but took different views of international affairs following their meeting on Finland’s south-east coast.

Minister Valery Peretrukhin believes that complaints on social networks about the current state of medical care are lies.

Moscow cancels absentee ballots but will allow voting anywhere on the basis of a simple application

The Sámi parliaments of Finland and Norway plan to jointly ask for international help, says Tiina Sanila-Aikio, the Chair of Finland’s Sámi Parliament. The Teno Fishery Agreement was recently approved in both countries. The local fishery associations of Utsjoki plan to submit a complaint on the issue.

According to a new order issued recently by the governor, Vice-Governor Alexei Tyukavin has lately taken over most of the governor's key functions. Marina Kovtun, the current Governor of Murmansk region has only housing and financial inspection left under her control.

The Murmansk Mayor’s office has basically agreed to let the artists stay in their workshops but the law suit about evicting them still remains

No time to erect a Potemkin village on Lomonosov Prospekt before the president’s motorcade drives by.

The central square in the Komi town reminded a playground, as parents with children in strollers assembled to protest a new republican law limiting compensation for child day care centers.