"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.