New Barents Sea port and 500 km railway link will connect Asia to Russian Arctic
Russia pushes for more of the global cargo flow to go north. A new year-round port near Indiga in the
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Red alert for northern Siberia as heat shocks threaten tundra life
New temperature maps for the endless stretches of Russian Arctic lands bear witness of unprecedented warming. April 2020 follows in
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Closed military naval town in Russian Arctic sees major increase in COVID-19 cases
A total of 169 new cases were registered in Arkhangelsk region over the last 24 hours, more than 150 of
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Merger of Russian Arctic regions into territory as big as Scandinavia sparks controversy
A proposed merger of regions in northern Russia spurs controversy in the small and oil-rich Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Some want
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COVID-19 Roundup: $75-million for Canada’s Indigenous people ; Russia’s Yakutian parents should do a better job of self-isolating children
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $75-million in new funding on Thursday that will go to organizations that serve First
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COVID-19 Roundup: New case in Russia’s Nenets region ; Alaska’s businesses reopen at 100 per cent capacity
Nenets Autonomous Okrug: This region of northern Russia recorded an additional case of COVID-19 on Wednesday bringing total confirmed cases
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Russian Arctic shipping could follow this new route
The Northern Sea Transport Corridor stretches from Murmansk to Kamchatka and might soon be of defining importance for Moscow’s Arctic
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Unprecedented early ice breakup in Russian Arctic highlights dramatic change
Thousands of tons of river ice are pushing through the Siberian waterway towards the Arctic Ocean almost two weeks earlier
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“Catastrophic” economic situation prompts merger talks for two Russian regions in Arctic
The Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in Russia’s northwestern Arctic announced on Wednesday in joint news releases
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COVID-19 roundup: end of self-isolation in Russia; no more active cases in the Faroe Islands
The mandatory self-isolation requirement will be lifted in some parts of Russia on May 12. The lifting of the ‘stay-at-home’
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Russian Arctic military exercise draws awe and concern
The online visuals are stunning, and they are meant to be. At a high altitude, Russian paratroopers tumble from the belly of
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Almost 2,000 workers have contracted COVID-19 at this Russian Arctic construction site
A big cruise vessel has anchored up along the banks of the Kola Bay as the number of infected workers
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COVID-19 roundup: Northern Siberia residents flout lockdown; antibody testing in Sweden
“Calculate how many people you’ve had contact with over the past five days. Are you ready to forgive yourself if
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Risking death for Arctic gas? Northern Russia construction site becomes COVID-19 hotbed
Dramatic increase with 192 new cases confirmed on Friday and another 105 on Saturday in the district of Novatek’s construction
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Novatek construction site faces fastest growing coronavirus outbreak in northern Russia
Work continues at Novatek’s construction site north of Murmansk where thousands of fly-in, fly-out employees share cramped space in barracks.
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