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As the Northern Fleet prepares a major naval exercise in the Norwegian Sea, a powerful group of Russian airplanes flew into the area.

Authorities confirm mysterious brief radiation spike a few hours after the missile engine blast, but the source of release is still unknown. Greenpeace Russia demands greater transparency.

Exercise shooting with the missiles designed to take out surface targets at a distance of up to 150 kilometres will be carried out this fall.

Ships deliver 175 units of weaponry to the new air defense base in Tiksi.

The medium-range surface-to-air Pantsir-S is to protect the air space over Navy town Severomorsk.

The explosion that killed 14 of Russia’s most experienced submarine sailors took place as special purpose sub «Losharik» (AS-31) was about to connect with its mother ship.

"I see this as part of a neighbour policy the Norwegian government wants. We have normal relations," says Kirkenes mayor Rune Rafaelsen who heads an official municipal delegation to Sunday's powerful show off in Severomorsk, the closed military town and headquarters of Russia's largest navy fleet. Locally, the visit is controversial.

A fleet of Su-34 fighter jets is to be deployed across the region. Their main base might be in the Kola Peninsula, not far from Finland and Norway.

The fire started in the battery compartment, but did not affect the reactor, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reports to Vladimir Putin.

The sub quickly surfaced and there were subsequent signs of panic on the deck, the local fishermen say. The accident might have been caused by a gas explosion.

The corvettes from Russia’s Baltic Fleet trained antisubmarine warfare as a major NATO flotilla was preparing to hold an exercise in the area.