Frigate in Barents Sea is manned by sailors with battle experience from Ukraine
Servicemen on board the Admiral Kasatonov successfully applied their war experiences during a recent exercise in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet
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Russia accuses Norway of militarizing Svalbard Arctic islands
Russia accused Norway of militarizing the Svalbard archipelago and said on Friday it had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Moscow
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Putin’s dealmaker with Trump calls for joint action in the Arctic
“The Arctic is too important for Cold War-style politics,” says Kirill Dmitriev, the influential businessman and government official that plays
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By 2031, the population of the Murmansk region may decrease by 45 thousand
By Denis Zagore According to data published by Murmanskstat, last year the region’s population decreased by 5.5 thousand people. The population
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A generation of reindeer herders is perishing in the war
The governor of the Yamal-Nenets region in mid-January landed with his helicopter in the southern edge of the vast Yamal
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Atlantification ushering in new era of sea ice loss in the Siberian Arctic
Warm Atlantic waters are rapidly reshaping the Siberian Arctic, sparking an era of unprecedented sea ice loss—something that will have
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In Murmansk Port works a fleet of Norwegian reefer vessels
“Fish can be traded with the Russians, it has been decided by Norwegian and European authorities,” says Tormod Fossmark, CEO
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Russia withdraws accreditation of Norwegian honorary consul Andrei Shalyov
Russia’s Foreign Ministry in Moscow has withdrawn the exequatur and accreditation of Arkhangelsk citizen Andrei Shalyov. The move comes amid
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Damaged nuclear icebreaker is repaired in the ice
Few days after it crashed into a cargo ship, the 50 Let Pobedy continues to escort ships across the icy waters of
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Northern Fleet faces wide gap between ambitions and resources, intel report
The combat power of the Russian Navy is under pressure and forces the Northern Fleet to chose between solving missions
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Lift-off for new Russian military satellites
The Russian Aerospace Forces in Plesetsk have launched a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with military payload. The launch took place in the
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New radars sharpen Russian air defense over northern Finland, Norway
For decades, there have been military radars on the small mountain top in the Pechenga area. From Iyvara, there is
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Kola, Karelia soldiers likely to increase from 30,000 to 80,000
Thousands of soldiers from the three brigades inside the Arctic Circle, near the border with NATO, are killed or wounded
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Floating nuclear power plant completes first fuel cycle
Both reactors on the Akademik Lomonosov have reloaded the uranium fuel elements for the first time since the floating nuclear power plant
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Tu-95MS bombers from Arctic Russia launched in Ukraine attack
Tu-95MS bombers from Olenya airfield in the Murmansk region are Wednesday launching a large-scale attack with cruise missiles against Ukraine.
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