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Atomflot added to U.S. sanctions list

FSUE Atomflot, the maintenance base for Russia’s fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, can no longer buy products from, or do business with, U.S. or European Union entities.
May 20, 2023

Lavrov: fate of Arctic Council is at stake

As Russia handed the rotating two-year presidency of the Council to Norway, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined that the expulsion of his country had been made on "false grounds" and that the future of the Arctic club now is at risk.
May 12, 2023

Russia opens new airfield in remote Arctic archipelago Severnaya Zemlya

It is built to handle "any heavy cargo aircraft" and will serve primarily Arctic researchers and their drifting North Pole station.
April 12, 2023

Russia's revised foreign policy document aims at "neutralization" of unfriendly action in Arctic

The new strategy paper reflects an assertive country in search of new friends.
April 02, 2023

Foreign Minister Huitfeldt outlines plan to bring Arctic Council back from a year in limbo

There will be no ceremony as Norway on May 11 takes over as chair of the Arctic Council from Russia. Today, Anniken Huitfeldt presented the priorities for the two years period 2023-2025.
March 28, 2023

Maiden voyage of Arctic platform could turn into 2 year ice odyssey

It was planned to be a few-months testing of a brand new vessel in Arctic sea-ice. But the sea trial of the "Severny Polyus" could now be extended with more than a year.
March 27, 2023

Mission: Svalbard without helicopter for Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise and the production team for the next Mission Impossible will have to make filming at Svalbard without permission to land helicopters.
March 14, 2023

"Barents and Arctic cooperation can continue without Russia"

Finland's Barents Ambassador Jari Vilén is confident that international cooperation in the far northern region must persist on a Nordic platform. "There can be no cooperation without trust," he underlines.
March 07, 2023

On thin ice, more polar bears move from Svalbard to Franz Josef Land

February 27 marks International Polar Bear Day, but there is no reason to celebrate at Svalbard where the entire west- and north coasts of Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet are open waters. Polar bears depend on sea ice for hunting seals.
February 27, 2023

One year after Russia’s Ukraine invasion, circumpolar diplomats take stock

TORONTO — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year upended almost 30 years of Arctic cooperation, but it’s also brought northern allies even closer together, a group of diplomats from the world’s circumpolar countries told a Canadian conference on Wednesday.
February 23, 2023

Russia starts renting out apartments to anyone at Norway’s Svalbard archipelago

Dreaming of living in the Arctic? We invite you to move to Barentsburg, reads the offer promotion from Arktikugol, the Russian state-owned enterprise which operates the settlement at Svalbard.
February 16, 2023

Moscow assures it will not lower ambitions in Arctic

The capacity of seaports along the Northern Sea Route will reach 83 million tons in 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev underlines.
February 13, 2023

Mission impossible: Will Tom Cruise get heli-filming permission at Svalbard?

Spectacular Arctic winter scenery is what the producers of the next Mission: Impossible will get when filming at Svalbard in late March, and early April.
February 08, 2023

Lonely Lavrov invites Arctic colleagues to Siberia, but no one will come

The seven other foreign ministers from the circumpolar north will keep distance when Sergey Lavrov ends his two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council in Salekhard on May 11.
January 31, 2023

Nuclear icebreakers’ operation hits Post-Soviet peak

Seven Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers are in the first days of January crushing ice along the western sector of the Northern Sea Route and the outlets of the rivers Ob and Yenisei.
January 03, 2023

Canada extends continental shelf claim, increasing overlaps with Russia in Arctic

Canada filed an addendum on Monday to extend its continental shelf in the Arctic, increasing significantly its overlaps with claims by Russia.
December 23, 2022

Russian parliament passes law limiting freedom of navigation along Northern Sea Route

Foreign military vessels are now required to notify Russia through diplomatic channels three months in advance before sailing north of the Siberia coast between Europe and Asia.
December 01, 2022

Red king crab might migrate to north and east Barents Sea

A new study predicts that Red King Crab populations will not only grow in size in the near future but will also take up a much larger area in the Barents Sea.
October 17, 2022

Russian officials raised Navy flags in Svalbard waters

With a Soviet-era navy flag and the Russian national navy flag at the mast, Russian officials made their own Navy Day Parade in Norwegian waters at Barentsburg on July 31.
October 15, 2022

No return to pre-war reality when it comes to Arctic cooperation, says Finnish report

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended international Arctic cooperation and there will be “no return to the pre-war reality,” says a report commissioned by the Finnish government.
October 12, 2022

Russia's North Pole platform starts ice drift towards Greenland Sea

The new Arctic research station has been moored to a 42 square kilometer big ice floe in remote Arctic waters and is now drifting westwards with the sea-ice.
October 04, 2022

Moscow vows to improve Svalbard infrastructure

1,5 billion rubles are required to modernize infrastructure in the two Russian settlements of Barentsburg and Pyramiden.
September 28, 2022

Nuclear-powered multipurpose ship for Arctic operations presented

Iceberg, the design bureau responsible for Russia’s fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, has unveiled plans for a new series of special purpose vessels to help develop the Arctic regions.
September 14, 2022

The "North Pole" is on its way to the Arctic

The installation that is to be able to drift autonomously for up to two years in thick Arctic sea-ice is on its way to Murmansk as part of its first voyage to the North.
September 02, 2022

This reactor will power the world’s largest icebreaker

Two milestones for Russia’s first icebreaker of the giant Leader-class are reached in August: The first reactor pressure vessel is ready and contract for metal to the bow is signed.
August 30, 2022

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