Are the Russian Navy’s modernization plans jeopardized by the sunken dock?
Russia’s biggest dry docks might remain on the bottom of the Kola Bay. The 80,000-ton floating dry dock that, on
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Author: Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia’s only aircraft carrier damaged as floating dock sinks
One person is reported dead and Russia’s only aircraft carrier has been damaged as floating dry dock sinks into the
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Equinor strikes oil near Johan Castberg field in Norwegian Arctic
This is an important discovery, the Norwegian oil company Equinor says as it completes drilling in the northern part of
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Trident Juncture: Nordic nations stress importance of regional defence, Moscow worries about stability
Moscow warns that Sweden’s and Finland’s participation in NATO’s Trident Juncture drill is jeopardizing regional stability. In a joint newspaper
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Norway, Russia sign agreement on cross-border seismic mapping of Barents Sea
More than two years overdue, Norway and Russia sign the agreement that will allow them to map oil and gas
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Gazprom Neft’s oil shipments hit 20-million-ton mark through Russia’s Arctic waters
The infrastructure developed in the Russian Arctic will enable us to boost exports, Gazprom Neft says. In less than five
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Finland to upgrade Arctic border-crossing point to welcome more traffic from northern Russia
More than €11 million will be invested in brand new infrastructure facilities at the northernmost checkpoint between the countries. The
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Norway releases Russian man detained over suspicion of espionage
Mikhail Bochkarev, the Russian state official who has been in a Norwegian jail for almost a month, has gone home
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Regional government in northwestern Russia slashes budget by 5%
The adopted 2019 budget for the Murmansk region gives little space for other than survival. “In the budget for 2019
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Norway and Russia agree to slash cod quotas in Barents Sea
The joint Norwegian-Russian Fishery Commission decides to reduce next year’s quotas to 725,000 tons. “After another round of constructive and
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Barents region leaders dream of visa-free travel, but Schengen Agreement gives little hope
Regional leaders are on a crash course with national and international legislation as they call for the abolishment of the
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Barents Sea ecosystem undergoing dramatic change, study shows
One of the world’s most comprehensive marine research expeditions reveals powerful change in the marine life of the Barents Sea.
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Oil majors feud over shipping from Arctic Russian terminal
Russia’s two biggest oil producers are at odds over out-shipments from the Arctic terminal of Varandey. The partnership between Rosneft
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Arctic coastal town of Dikson is fastest-warming place in Russia
The town of Dikson and the surrounding Taymyr Peninsula, in Russia’s central Arctic, has the most rapid temperature increase in
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Dry well for DEA Norge in Norway’s Arctic waters
DEA Norge, the company controlled by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, did not find oil in the license area which it
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