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Overwhelming control over the Murmansk regional parliament

The United Russia gets 25 of the 32 seats in the Murmansk regional Duma.
September 20, 2016

How did the Russian Arctic vote?

Voter turnout and support for the United Russia is biggest in the Yamal-Nenets region.
September 20, 2016

This is the Head of Komi

Sergey Gaplikov comfortably secures his election as regional leader in the north Russian region.
September 19, 2016

Sweeping victory in Murmansk

The United Russia wins 39,3 percent of the votes in regional parliament elections in Murmansk, a significant increase compared with results from 2011. The margins are smaller in neighboring Karelia.
September 19, 2016

Elections turnout reaches all-time low

Crushing victory for Pro-Putin parties, but elections turnout was only 47 percent.
September 19, 2016

Silent election time in Russian North

«This year’s election campaign has proceeded quietly without offenses and unnecessary tensions», a prominent representative of the United Russia party in Murmansk says.
September 17, 2016

In Severomorsk, discontent ahead of elections

Locals in the Navy city say they will boycott the upcoming elections in a sign of protest against local authorities.
September 15, 2016

Election violations on the map

Independent election watchdog Golos continues to update its Map of Violations ahead of the September 18th State Duma elections. Arkhangelsk is among the regions with the biggest number of registered offenses.
September 14, 2016

In Finnish Lapland, future health care comes with a self-service kiosk

Feeling unwell? If you live in northern Finland you might soon have to visit the local health kiosk.
September 14, 2016

Murmansk teams up with Harbin

China’s famous winter tourism city signs sister-city agreement and sees good prospects of business cooperation with Russia’s Arctic capital.
September 08, 2016

Leader of eco watchdog gets 7 years jail for Norilsk Nickel bribe

Ruslan Tishenko admits that he accepted a six million rubles bribe from the industrial company.
September 07, 2016

Church on Arctic mission

Patriarch Kirill makes his fourth visit to the Russian Arctic in less than three months. This week, the turn had come to Pevek, the east Arctic settlement.
September 07, 2016

Levada Centre pollster listed as foreign agent ahead of elections

Vladimir Putin’s ruling party United Russia got all time low in the latest poll before the Ministry of Justice took action.
September 06, 2016

Liberals not allowed to run in Petrozavodsk, court rules

This has been orchestrated by regional Governor Khudilainen, Yabloko leader Galina Shirshina says.
August 31, 2016

Oleg runs for elections with the slogan «Don’t lie, don’t steal»

Oleg Drozdov with the Yabloko Party in Murmansk runs for a seat in the State Duma, but is not allowed to do street campaigning, gets limited media coverage and zero access to the closed military towns where nearly 100.000 voters live.
August 30, 2016

Like Potemkin village, Kirovsk prepares for Patriarch’s visit

Local roads get new asphalt, buildings are painted and a whole street is wrapped in screen nets as Patriarch Kirill comes to town this week.
August 16, 2016

Barents cod town Kjøllefjord has more on the menu

The nearby Barents Sea is sprawling with fish. On land, town dwellers have an increasingly diverse mix of tourist attractions, contemporary culture and fish processing on offer.
August 15, 2016

Norway's Prime Minister to consider offering Arctic mountain to Finland

Erna Solberg is to consider a proposal to give Finland the peak of Halti mountain in Lapland as a present to make a hundred years of Finnish independence.
July 28, 2016

Spiritual relief for Northern Fleet

A plane loaded with icons for the new local cathedral lands in Navy town Severomorsk. Patriarch Kirill will officially open the church house in August.
July 27, 2016

New legislation to regulate foreigners’ stay in Russia

Foreign citizens with temporary residency will be allowed to travel more freely. And law violators will be quicker kicked out of the country.
July 26, 2016

Utsjoki residents at odds over Tenojoki salmon fishing restrictions

Salmon fishing disputes that have plagued the Tenojoki river area for decades have risen to the surface once again after hard-line gear restrictions were implemented by Norwegian and Finnish government authorities. Residents of Utsjoki, the northernmost city in Finland, stand sharply divided over the new proposed rules.
July 14, 2016

Royal couple to visit Oulu

Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja will travel together with several ministers in September.
July 11, 2016

Niinistö grapples with fear for Putin

Trust-building is the keyword, the Finnish President said after his meeting with Vladimir Putin.
July 04, 2016

Irregularities in Murmansk primaries

The election of Alexey Veller as United Russia’s top candidate in the region did not proceed without violations, reports say.
July 01, 2016

Vodka production up 30%

Registered producers of booze increase output as measures are taken against black market.
June 30, 2016

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