Murmansk’s population drops by 7,000 in a year
The brutal demographic figures for Russia’s Kola Peninsula continue sharp down. The population is nearly halved over the last three
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Mining comes to end in Nikel, Russia
More 80 years after Finns found huge nickel and copper reserves in the Kaula-Kotselvaara deposit, the last remaining mine in
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Blog – Arctic Exceptionalism is Over. Who Will Tell the Diplomats?
Today the Arctic Council, the main regional forum of the eight Arctic states, transferred its Chairmanship from Russia to Norway.
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Future of Arctic Council in doubt after end of Russian chairship
Russia’s two-year term as chair of the Arctic Council came to an end Thursday, leaving the future of the council’s
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Russia’s growing dependence on China altering dynamics in Arctic, UK committee hears
Russia’s growing dependence on China in the wake of western sanctions, rupture to Arctic Council cooperation and the ongoing conflict
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Small-size flights bound for Arkhangelsk backup airport Vaskovo
The big north Russian region will have to do with a small temporary airport for seven months as the runway
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As Novotek readies new Arctic production platform, LNG export to Europe beats record
European countries in April bought 12,073 billion cubic meters of liquified natural gas from the warring country. Amidst Moscow’s continued
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Russia-China coast guard cooperation big step, says Arctic security expert
“Letting China in would be a big step in practical cooperation. It has a security element to it,” says Senior
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Russia expels 10 Norwegian diplomats in mirror move
Retaliation, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow argues as they today handed over the list of ten names of Norwegian diplomats
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FSB signs maritime security cooperation with China in Murmansk
A groundbreaking memorandum signed between the Chinese Coast Guard and FSB’ Border Guard Service opens for extensive cooperation in the
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Russia labels Bellona “undesirable organization”
By Thomas Nilsen & Denis Zagore The Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow on Tuesday said the Norwegian non-governmental ecological organization
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Moscow outlines big future for Arkhangelsk Seaport
Few months after the FSB-associated company of Andrei Patrushev acquired a stake in the Arctic infrastructure object, the country’s deputy
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Russia opens new airfield in remote Arctic archipelago Severnaya Zemlya
It is built to handle “any heavy cargo aircraft” and will serve primarily Arctic researchers and their drifting North Pole
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Russian Arctic rescue exercise attended by observers from Iran and Saudi Arabia
The exercise called “Secure Arctic 2023” included 16 scenarios and was held in nine Russian Arctic regions, from Murmansk in
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Melting permafrost may release industrial pollutants at Arctic sites: study
There are thousands of contaminated sites in the Arctic, and as permafrost thaws, increased pollutants from these areas could be
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