New sanctions take aim on Russia’s war economy
Energy projects in the Russian Arctic are among the main targets of the new sanctions announced by British and U.S
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Northern Fleet nuclear-powered submarine makes historic port call in Havana
The top-modern, heavily armed, submarine is part of a Russian naval detachment of four ships that will stay in port
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Novatek sends 200 engineers to shipyard due to urgent need for more Arctic tankers
According to newspaper Kommersant, Russia’s biggest producer of LNG has decided to move 200 workers from its natural gas field
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Artur Chilingarov has passed away at 84
The northern explorer-turned-sanctioned-lawmaker is likely most famous for his 2007 North Pole dive to 4,200 meters below the Arctic Ocean
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Intensified GPS jamming is side effect of Russia’s self-protection of Kola bases
The jamming now seen practically every day in airspace over eastern Finnmark is likely a spillover effect of Russian electromagnetic
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Russia conducts Barents SAR exercise without Norwegian participants
An extensive Search- and Rescue exercise took place this week headed by the Marine Rescue Service of Murmansk in cooperation
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New commander of North Russian armed forces has served in Ukraine, Syria
By Atle Staalesen, Olesia Krivtsova Three-star General Aleksandr Lapin is appointed head of the Leningrad Military District. Lapin was on
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Shipments of liquefied gas from Russian Arctic could be stopped this summer
By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer The upcoming EU sanctions force Russia to search for new markets, as Europe
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New militant youth organisation opens center in Murmansk
The VOIN (“Soldier”) training center will prepare Russian teenagers for service in the Armed Forces. Regional government ministers and representatives
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New U.S sanctions take aim at Russian Arctic shipping
Companies and ships engaged in supplies of components to Novatek’s project Arctic LNG 2 are added to the U.S sanctions
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Military investigators conduct raids in Murmansk region to enlist young men
Military investigators are conducting raids at public places, dormitories and abandoned facilities in Murmansk region with the aim to find
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Murmansk governor and Belarus businessman to build seaport terminal on Kola Bay
The major Belarus seaport terminal projected built on the shores of the Kola Bay might be among Minsk’s biggest ever
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Nornickel moves production to China to circumvent sanctions
War sanctions bite hard on Russia’s Arctic mining and metallurgical giant producing nickel and copper on the Kola Peninsula and
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Finland relaxed over Moscow’s plans to deploy Iskander-M missiles near border
A new missile brigade will be deployed in Karelia as part of the reestablished Leningrad Military District. Countering response to
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Russia’s Defence Ministry says new mini-sub can dive to 11,000 meters depth
It will be operated by GUGI, the notorious deep sea espionage and sabotage unit of the Russian military. A group
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