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A stable Arctic is in Russia’s own interest despite distrust and growing tensions. The powerful Northern Fleet has not acted confrontational in northern areas over the last one and a half year, the FOCUS 2022 threat assessment report by Norway’s intelligence service says.

Five powerful belt wagons equipped with the Tor-M2DT system this week plowed the snow-covered stretches of Pechenga.

Two Russian Tu-142 long-range submarine hunters on Thursday flew out from the Kola Peninsula, continued outside Norway on a southbound mission towards the airspace north of Scotland.

Norway, Sweden and Finland are among the countries that have received letters from Russia’s Foreign Minister asking for written answers whether they will comply with the OSCE commitments not to strengthen their security at the expense of the security of others.

Russia tells authorities in Dublin that a planned exercise will be moved out of Irish exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

As fears grow about a military conflict in Ukraine and escalating security turmoil in Europe, three of the largest navy ships in Russia’s Northern Fleet are currently sailing outside northern Norway on their way to war games southwest of Ireland.

The "KNM Utvær" had to be towed to safety and repair works are now made at open sea.

As Russia deploys the new 3M22 Tsirkon anti-ship hypersonic missile in the Barents Sea, NATO has decided to send two of its most potent naval weapons to the Norwegian-led Exercise Cold Response, the aircraft carriers "HMS Prince of Wales" and the "USS Harry S Truman".

Both the Northern Fleet and the Pacific Fleet will over the next years get new powerful icebreaking vessels. They are needed for our "active development of the Arctic," the Navy argues.

There are currently 13 nuclear-powered submarines under construction in Severodvinsk, plus the modernization of the large battle-cruiser Admiral Nakhimov.

The country has not commissioned this many ballistic missile submarines since 1991, said Navy Commander Nikolai Evmenov at the ceremony at the Sevmash yard on December 25.