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Governor Vladimir Uyba and his Komi Republic might get responsibility for rebuilding of healthcare in Luhansk.
June 22, 2022
The transport route via Finnish Lapland took place only hours after the Norwegian Parliament approved a welcome of Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
June 17, 2022
"What a splendid mural has appeared in Gadzhievo," regional Governor Andrei Chibis exclaims after painters hastily redesigned the house wall in the Northern Fleet base.
June 17, 2022
As part of a major upgrade of Northern Fleet airstrips in the European Arctic, the Severomorsk-2 that was shut down in 1998 will now be reconstructed and reopened.
June 13, 2022
Local authorities wanted to give downtown Gadzhievo a much-needed facelift, but the painting of an American attack submarine on a local house wall soon sparked outrage.
June 09, 2022
"It will be reopened as soon as the situation allows for it," the Norwegian Foreign Ministry says.
June 08, 2022
In joint training above the skies along the coastline to the North Atlantic, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish fighter jets demonstrate what will be NATO’s new powerful capacities in the north.
June 03, 2022
Andrei Chibis compares Russia's war against Ukraine with the Soviet battle against Nazi Germany, celebrates his regional troops in the 'special operation' and warns against foreign 'unfriendly actions' in the North.
May 30, 2022
The test missile was said to hit a target about 1,000 km away, making it the longest test-shooting of the new Tsirkon missile so far.
May 28, 2022
Lapland Air Command in Rovaniemi will get the first new F-35 fighter jets in 2026.
May 28, 2022
The Russian navy closes off huge areas at sea and in air for what could be another testing of the hypersonic Tsirkon missile.
May 27, 2022
The country's revised Marine Doctrine includes a high stress on use of civilian ships and infrastructure for military purposes.
May 24, 2022
A photo has emerged online showing oil film on the water shortly after the “Admiral Kuznetsov” was moved into the dock at shipyard No. 35 in Murmansk.
May 23, 2022
Governor of Murmansk region Andrei Chibis might never have gotten as many feedbacks on social media posts as when he posted condolences over a group of local soldiers killed in Ukraine. Far from all comments are supportive.
May 22, 2022
Five months after it was commissioned by the Navy, the "Knyaz Oleg" engages in torpedo shooting and battle training in the Barents Sea.
May 20, 2022
The Cosmos-2555 got out of orbit and perished as it entered the atmosphere.
May 19, 2022
Defence officials were tight-lipped about the symbolic visit of the planes in Finnish airspace, which came as US troops joined exercises in southeast Finland.
May 14, 2022
Few days ahead of decisions that could change the European security landscape, the Finnish and Swedish defense ministers meet with Nordic NATO colleagues at Svanvik, the Norwegian village located only few hundred meters from Russia.
May 12, 2022
For the first time, the 9th of May military parade in Murmansk included the coastal missile system Bal and coastal radar system Monolit-BR. Both can be deployed near the border to Norway.
May 10, 2022
In a bid to curb dissent in the state apparatus, the Kremlin establishes units that can promote patriotism and report on the "emotional climate" in all government bodies and state companies.
April 29, 2022
On the day after his meeting at the U.S base in Germany, new Norwegian Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram travelled to Kirkenes, the town on Norway's border to Russia.
April 27, 2022
In the shadow of Russia’s bloody war on Ukraine will Arctic combat capabilities get an extra boost in 2022, the defense minister assures.
April 21, 2022
The "Admiral Nakhimov" will be the most powerful surface vessel in the Russian Navy when reconstruction is completed presumably in 2023.
April 20, 2022
Villagers in Taymyr form a "Z" with their snowmobiles and indigenous dancers from Chukotka make a patriotic performance to honour the President.
April 19, 2022
Houses and infrastructure - largely built in Soviet times - are severely run down with frequent breakdown of basic needs like heating.
April 19, 2022

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