Polar bears take over abandoned research station in Russian Arctic
Polar bears have taken over an abandoned Soviet polar research station on small island off Russia’s far northeastern cost. Vadim
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Moscow pushing Arctic shipping towards disaster?
Russian authorities are green-lighting ships without ice-class on the Northern Sea Route. This month, it could have ended in catastrophe.
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New EU sanctions package targets Russian LNG
“It is time to turn off the tap,” President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen emphasised as she
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Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military might in drills – and raises tensions with NATO
A swarm of Russian drones flies into Poland in what officials there regard as a deliberate provocation. NATO responds
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Russian navy forces land at Franz Josef Land as part of exercise Zapad-2025
Large areas in the Barents Sea have been sealed off as Russia and Belarus start their major joint exercise. In
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Murky pipeline deal to send Russian gas to China shows Beijing’s dominance
The head of Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom says it has a deal to build a pipeline to China, but
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Cargo ship involved in weapons deliveries from North Korea makes port call in Arkhangelsk
The 131-meter-long Maia-1 is under international sanctions for its transportation of weapons used in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The
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Russia and China bless vast new Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, Gazprom says
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Lidia Kelly Russia and China gave their blessing to the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline but
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China receives first Arctic LNG 2 cargo ahead of Putin’s visit, data shows
China received this week its first liquefied natural gas cargo from a sanctioned Russian project, ship-tracking data from Kpler and
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Russia submarines at sea as U.S. carrier group sails outside northern Norway
As of August 25, the Yasen-class submarines Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk and Kazan are not present at the Nerpicha base in Zapadnaya Litsa. British media report about
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Russia declares a fishing ultimatum to Norway
By Denis Zagore Moscow threatens to close Russian waters to Norwegian fishing vessels if Oslo does not reconsider its sanctions against
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Siberia’s 2020 heat wave left lasting impacts on Arctic, study finds
The 2020 Siberian heat wave continued to leave its mark more than a year later, according to recent research. The
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Northern Russia troubled by mobile internet shutdowns
By Georgiy Chentemirov Officials pretend that everything is under control, but it is not. People are losing the ability to
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Shadow fleet gas carriers make port calls at sanctioned Arctic terminals
Several ‘shadow fleet’ tankers are loading liquefied natural gas at the Arctic LNG 2 terminal in Gydan and at the Saam FSU
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Rosatom may test reactor-powered missile over the next few days
Military officials have closed off the airspace in a 500 km long zone along the western coast of Novaya Zemlya
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