As Moscow prepared for war, Gazprom sold Arctic gas worth almost €140 billion
The country’s main natural gas producer in 2021 recorded a 13-fold increase in profits. Gazprom has never before had the
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Author: Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia proceeds with Arctic project as oil embargo looms
Nuclear-powered freighter Sevmorput continues to shuttle with construction goods to field development sites along the Yenisey River as part of
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Finnish nuclear power developers kick out Russian partners
After more than eight years of joint planning, the Fennovoima nuclear power company terminates its cooperation with Russian state controlled company
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Norway closes seaports and border to Russian traffic
But fishing vessels will be allowed to continue as before. The Norwegian government on Friday announced that it will follow
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Defence minister says Norway must get stronger in the North
This week, after his meeting at the U.S base in Germany, new Norwegian Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram travelled
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Novatek CEO admits Arctic development projects “strained”
Company CEO Leonid Mikhelson admits that the development of far northern projects is “strained.” The natural gas producer declines to
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Transportation crisis looms in Arctic Russia
International sanctions threaten the country’s supply chains. Nuclear-powered container ship “Sevmorput” will this year play key role in supplying goods
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Isolated Russia to invite “non-Arctic” states to develop its North
Logistics chains falter, investors flee and foreign markets vanish. But President Putin argues that Russia together with countries from outside
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New sanctions deal fatal blow to Russia’s Arctic LNG
Russia intended to become a world leader in liquefied natural gas. The war against Ukraine has torpedoed its plans. The
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In Russia’s North, locals are starting to feel the new war economy
Five weeks after the onslaught against Ukraine, dire consequences of war are increasingly being felt by ordinary Russians. Inflation is
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Ukrainian president warns Norway against Russian Arctic militarization
“We do not have common borders, but we have a common neighbor that stands against our common values,” the Ukrainian
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Russia’s Arctic policy at risk of major collapse
Energy projects are put on hold and hyped ambitions for the Northern Sea Route increasingly look doomed. At the same
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More than 2,300 Swedish and Finnish troops advance into Northern Norway to join NATO drills Cold Response
Trucks packed with military hardware could this weekend be seen in big numbers on the roads that connect northern Sweden
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A wave of war propaganda is gushing over Russian youth
“The Russian Army is fighting for the security of Russia and the whole world against Nazism,” a video produced by
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Norway intends to keep seaports open to Russian ships
We must not burn all bridges to the Russian people, the Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister says Temperatures had dropped
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