Soviet flag flies as first Murmansk passenger voyage reaches Svalbard
A giant flag of the USSR – a state that collapsed 35 years ago – greeted the first passenger ship
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Russia
Nuclear icebreaker makes rare midwinter transfer from Arctic to Baltic Sea
The heavy freeze in the Gulf of Finland makes Russia move two icebreakers, among them the nuclear-powered Sibir, from Arctic waters.
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Police: Russian crew members pose a significant espionage threat
Covert maritime intelligence from non-Russian flag ships gives Russia an overview of military capacities and infrastructure along the coast and
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Fears grow that Russia will deploy more nukes in the Arctic
Today marks the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. It
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No sea ice, no problem for these Barents Sea bears — for now
By Bianca McKeown Decades of data shows bears’ body conditions stable despite global warming affecting sea ice. A lonely polar
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Russia claims first-ever North Pole aerial refuelling
Russia claims that two maritime patrol aircraft have made a 30-hour Arctic flight, including mid-air tanking near the North Pole.
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Heating outage in minus thirty degrees stirs an uproar in Navy hub Severomorsk
By Denis Zagore Frosty weather in January 2026 exposed the vulnerability of the utility system in Severomorsk, the headquarters city of
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Sanctioned Russian cargo carrier makes port call in Norwegian archipelago
The Taimyr is on the sanctions lists of the US and Ukraine because of its involvement in Russian weapon transportation.
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This year’s last voyage on Northern Sea Route goes to sanctioned LNG terminal
The Christophe de Margerie, a ‘shadow tanker,’ has made port call at the Utrenny terminal in the Gydan Peninsula after a
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Kremlin says Russia is interested in foreign investment, including Arctic, after U.S. plans report
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was interested in attracting additional foreign investment after the Wall Street Journal reported
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Russian shadow tanker blocked by Arctic sea ice
The tanker, which has shuttled between the far northern terminal and Chinese ports multiple times this year, has failed to
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Russian navy chief accuses NATO of stepping up spying activities in the Arctic, TASS reports
NATO countries have significantly stepped up their spying activities in the Arctic, Alexander Moiseev, the head of the Russian Navy,
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Russia withdraws from Euro-Arctic rescue cooperation
The Foreign Ministry in Moscow announced on November 26 that it formally had terminated the agreement with Norway, Finland and
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Norilsk Nickel admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions
In a meeting with Putin in the Kremlin, Vladimir Potanin said his Norilsk Nickel company is forced to operate under
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US senators say Trump failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine
Four Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that lax enforcement by the Trump administration of sanctions on Russia’s Arctic LNG
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