Russia tests latest underwater warfare technology in the Barents Sea
The “Krasnoyarsk” and “Generalissimo Suvorov” are the most advanced nuclear submarines ever built by the Sevmash yard. Protection is ensured
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Major fire at Russia’s largest nickel electrolysis workshop
Black acrid smoke is drifting for several kilometers in Monchegorsk Wednesday morning caused by the fire at Nornickel’s factory. The
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Murmansk to get sanctions-free shopping flight to Minsk
Belarus is becoming a popular vacation destination for people from the Russian north as sanctions limit the possibilities to travel
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Gazprom’s new major Arctic project might be a dead end
On the coast of the Kara Sea, construction workers are in full swing with the building of the Kharasavey natural
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Air pollution expected to increase as climate warms, says WMO
A global increase in heatwaves, and the associated environmental conditions giving rise to longer and more intense wildfires, could negatively
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Russia’s Severny Polyus vessel on its way to the Arctic this month
The installation that is to be able to drift autonomously for up to two years in thick Arctic sea-ice is
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Construction of second Arctic floating nuclear power plant started
Three years after “Akademik Lomonosov” started to produce electricity for the remote Siberian community of Pevek, the first of four
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Russia must shift towards the East, says Minister of the Arctic
“We should not only get new partners, but undertake a paradigm shift,” says Aleksei Chekunkov. Natural resources from the Arctic
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Rosneft-sponsored study says eco-impact at Franz Josef Land is ‘insignificant’
A three-year study on the impact of the Soviet Union’s oil usage on Franz Josef Land led scientists to conclude
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Chinese shippers shun Russian Arctic waters
For the first time in several years, China’s state shipping company COSCO is not not sailing on the Northern Sea
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Amid war, sanctions, Moscow says Russian Arctic shipping will thrive
A new government plan for the Northern Sea Route includes unprecedented investments in new ships, infrastructure and natural resource development.
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Northern Fleet kicks off large Barents-Arctic naval exercise
Surface warships, submarines and aviation are involved in waters from the Kola Peninsula to Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya.
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Moscow threatens to block Marianne’s news online over interview from 2018
Journalist and publisher Marianne Hofman refuses to depublish the article despite being threatened by Russia’s censorship agency. “Instead I will
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Assertive Moscow outlines push into central Arctic Ocean
Russia’s newly adopted Marine Doctrine has a high stress on Arctic waters and the shelf north of the country’s 200
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UK denies violation of Russian airspace over the Barents Sea
“The UK aircraft was in communication with Russian civilian air traffic control and its crew operated in a safe and
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