Neighbouring Norway not on President Putin’s New Year’s best wishes list
The Russian president sends greetings to 36 countries and state leaders. Nordic neighbors Sweden and Finland are both on the
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Author: Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
New pipeline across Russian Arctic bay stirs environmental concerns
A new underwater pipeline connection across the great Arctic bay opens for untapping of major natural gas resources in the
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Bolstered by battery boom, British mining company to dig nine new open pits in Russian Arctic
Eurasian Mining Plc teams up with state company Rosgeo for the development of a new far northern ‘global center’ for
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This year’s last transit shipment underway on Northern Sea Route
Few days after several ships were rescued out of the sea-ice, nuclear icebreaker Yamal prepares for escort of heavy loads
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Extreme cold hits northern Russia
The port town of Dudinka reports about minus 39 °C and winds up to 25 meter per second, and a
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After 30 years of construction, a remote tundra highway nears its destination in Arctic Russia
More than 500 workers step up building of the remaining 40 km of the road between Naryan-Mar and Usinsk. It
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After a month stuck in Arctic sea ice, nine vessels make it to Kara Sea
Never before at this time of year have so many vessels been rescued out of the ice, says Russia’s nuclear
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New mining project sets sights on Chukotka in Russia’s eastern Arctic
The KAZ Minerals will install four small-scale nuclear power stations on the Russian Arctic coast that are to serve one
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More icebreakers coming to aid Russian Arctic ships in need
The Arktika on the 30th of November left St.Petersburg where it has undergone technical upgrades, and is due to arrive
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New law will be “end of Russian federalism,” says North Russian MP
The State Duma has approved a bill on regional government that opens up for appointment of life-long regional leaders and
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Rosneft’s new Arctic field gets name after deceased EMERCOM chief Zinichev
Rosneft’s new Arctic field gets name after deceased EMERCOM chief Zinichev The field that will carry Yevgeny Zinichev’s name is
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With cooperative spirit, Finland targets Arctic Russia
In an increasingly hostile political environment, Helsinki seeks to use its new presidency in the Barents Council to interact with
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Arctic shippers eye release from Russian ice captivity
The 15 ships that for the last two weeks have been ice-locked in Russian Arctic waters see release coming as
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Several of Russia’s dirtiest rivers are located near the border to Norway
But one of them is reported to undergo environmental recovery. The comprehensive annual reports on the state of environment published by the
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Two icebreakers on the way to rescue ice-locked ships on Northern Sea Route
But some of the vessels will have to wait for at least one week before they are released from captivity
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