Thursday, January 1, 2026
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

Russia

* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Frigate in Barents Sea is manned by sailors with battle experience from Ukraine

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:59
0 Comments

Servicemen on board the Admiral Kasatonov successfully applied their war experiences during a recent exercise in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia accuses Norway of militarizing Svalbard Arctic islands

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, March 14, 2025 at 13:58
0 Comments

Russia accused Norway of militarizing the Svalbard archipelago and said on Friday it had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Moscow

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Putin’s dealmaker with Trump calls for joint action in the Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 15:52
0 Comments

“The Arctic is too important for Cold War-style politics,” says Kirill Dmitriev, the influential businessman and government official that plays

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

By 2031, the population of the Murmansk region may decrease by 45 thousand

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 11:14 — Last Updated: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 11:16
0 Comments

By Denis Zagore According to data published by Murmanskstat, last year the region’s population decreased by 5.5 thousand people. The population

Read more
Society Society (Russia) 

A generation of reindeer herders is perishing in the war

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 15:32
0 Comments

The governor of the Yamal-Nenets region in mid-January landed with his helicopter in the southern edge of the vast Yamal

Read more
Environment Environment (Russia) General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Russia 

Atlantification ushering in new era of sea ice loss in the Siberian Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:03
0 Comments

Warm Atlantic waters are rapidly reshaping the Siberian Arctic, sparking an era of unprecedented sea ice loss—something that will have

Read more
Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 

In Murmansk Port works a fleet of Norwegian reefer vessels

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2025 at 14:00
0 Comments

“Fish can be traded with the Russians, it has been decided by Norwegian and European authorities,” says Tormod Fossmark, CEO

Read more
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia withdraws accreditation of Norwegian honorary consul Andrei Shalyov

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 15:27
0 Comments

Russia’s Foreign Ministry in Moscow has withdrawn the exequatur and accreditation of Arkhangelsk citizen Andrei Shalyov. The move comes amid

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Damaged nuclear icebreaker is repaired in the ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 13:44
0 Comments

Few days after it crashed into a cargo ship, the 50 Let Pobedy continues to escort ships across the icy waters of

Read more
* Featured * General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Northern Fleet faces wide gap between ambitions and resources, intel report

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 13:37
0 Comments

The combat power of the Russian Navy is under pressure and forces the Northern Fleet to chose between solving missions

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Lift-off for new Russian military satellites

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 10:02 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 10:04
0 Comments

The Russian Aerospace Forces in Plesetsk have launched a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with military payload. The launch took place in the

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

New radars sharpen Russian air defense over northern Finland, Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11:31
0 Comments

For decades, there have been military radars on the small mountain top in the Pechenga area. From Iyvara, there is

Read more
(iStock)
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Kola, Karelia soldiers likely to increase from 30,000 to 80,000

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 24, 2025 at 10:03
0 Comments

Thousands of soldiers from the three brigades inside the Arctic Circle, near the border with NATO, are killed or wounded

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 News Politics (Russia) Russia 

Floating nuclear power plant completes first fuel cycle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 17, 2025 at 10:50
0 Comments

Both reactors on the Akademik Lomonosov have reloaded the uranium fuel elements for the first time since the floating nuclear power plant

Read more
* Featured * General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Tu-95MS bombers from Arctic Russia launched in Ukraine attack

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:01
0 Comments

Tu-95MS bombers from Olenya airfield in the Murmansk region are Wednesday launching a large-scale attack with cruise missiles against Ukraine.

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2026 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.