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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

8 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, firefighting, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big

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Russia deploys missile system in range of Norway’s Arctic radars

8 August 20198 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, Finnmark, military, missiles, Northern Fleet, radar, Sredny Peninsula, Vardø

Exercise shooting with the missiles designed to take out surface targets at a distance of up to 150 kilometres will

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Putin’s Arctic shipping goals mobilizing officials, industry

8 August 20198 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

How much goods can be shipped along Russia’s Arctic route between Europe and Asia? The Ministry of Transport believes shipments

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Russia, China to do joint research in Arctic Siberia

7 August 20197 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments China-Russia Arctic Research Center, Northern Sea Route, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), shipping

Chinese and Russian scientists part of the China-Russia Arctic Research Center have announced their first joint project together will be

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Moscow supports Vostok Coal’s expansion into protected Arctic tundra

7 August 20197 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, Dikson, energy, mining, national parks, Northern Sea Route, shipping, Taymyr peninsula, VostokCoal

Company Vostok Coal has been been fined several hundred million rubles for illegal mining in Russia’s Taymyr Peninsula, but still

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Russian navy to hold live-fire exercise in Norwegian Sea

6 August 20196 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Fleet, Norwegian Sea, Russian Navy

NATO deploys extra maritime patrol aircraft to keep track of a Northern Fleet group of warships currently sailing north for

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Russia-Norway border traffic up in July

5 August 20195 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, economy, Kirkenes, Murmansk, travel

Most Russians go to Norway for shopping and when the ruble gets stronger against the krone follows more cross-border travel.

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Weapons shipped to new garrison in Arctic Russia

5 August 20196 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, military, military bases, navy, Northern Fleet, Tiksi

Ships deliver 175 units of weaponry to the new air defense base in Tiksi. Construction works have been going on

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Nearly 3,000 people, 50 aircraft mobilized to fight wildfires in Russia

1 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments European Space Agency, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Nearly 3,000 people and 50 aircraft are working to extinguish wildfires across Russia said the country’s aerial forest protection service

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Russian grains to reach Japan via Northern Sea Route

31 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments food, Irtysh River, Japan, Northern Sea Route, Omsk, Sabetta, shipping, Siberia

It could open a new window to Asia, a regional governor in Siberia argues. The region of Omsk in 2018

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Rosneft announces more offshore drilling in Arctic Russia

30 July 201930 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, energy, Kara Sea, oil, Rosneft

Five years after it found one of the largest oil fields in Arctic waters, Rosneft makes clear that more drilling

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Sailors killed in sub fire could have survived: Russian newspaper report

25 July 201926 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments explosion, Losharik, Russian Navy, security, submarines

The explosion that killed 14 of Russia’s most experienced submarine sailors took place as special purpose sub “Losharik” (AS-31) was

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Russia’s visa reform could make St. Petersburg trips easier and cheaper

24 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments e-visa, Russia, tourists, train, travel, visa

Russia is planning to reform it’s tourist visa system, and introduce an online, free-of-charge visa for travel to certain areas,

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Big supplies on their way to bases in Arctic Russia

24 July 201931 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments military bases, Russia, Sevmorput, shipping, ships, Supplies, vessel

More than 37 thousand tons of foodstuff and construction materials are being delivered to 60 bases and units all over

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Blog – Between Militarization and Disarmament: Constructing Peace in the Arctic

23 July 201924 July 2019 Heather Exner-Pirot 0 Comments Cold War, conflict, Denuclearisation, Disarmament, Militarization, military, missiles, nuclear, security

Since 2007 there has been ongoing debate as to the prospects for conflict in the Arctic. Realists contend that great