Two Chinese rigs prepare for drilling in Russian Arctic waters
One of the world’s biggest heavy loads vessel on 17th June sailed into the Kola Bay with two rigs on
Read more
Business
Russian investor breathes new life in major Arctic coal project
Roman Trotsenko on the 18th June formalized the acquisition of 75 percent of shares in the Arctic Mining Company and
Read more
Train traffic resumes in Russian Arctic as Murmansk reconnects with grid
Regional Governor Andrey Chibis on Friday 19th June announced that a bypass connection had successfully been completed and that trains
Read more
Over 100 million cubic meters of sea bottom removed for natural gas project in Russian Arctic bay
Never before has the Arctic seen an industrial expansion of this magnitude. In only few years, volumes of extracted hydrocarbons
Read more
All Russia’s North Pole cruises rescheduled to 2021
Tour operator Poseidon Expeditions is now reaching out to travel partners and guests with reservations for the tours from Murmansk
Read more
Russian military engineering troops sent to restore Murmansk railway connection
It was in early June the railway bridge across the Kola River collapsed as the spring flood destroyed one of the pillars
Read more
New Barents Sea port and 500 km railway link will connect Asia to Russian Arctic
Russia pushes for more of the global cargo flow to go north. A new year-round port near Indiga in the
Read more
Russian Arctic shipping could follow this new route
The Northern Sea Transport Corridor stretches from Murmansk to Kamchatka and might soon be of defining importance for Moscow’s Arctic
Read more
Gazprom to build new pipelines between Arctic Russia and China
Russia’s natural gas company Gazprom says it intends to build pipelines from Yamal to Far Eastern Russian regions and China.
Read more
Norwegian wealth fund’s value in Russian company Gazprom more than doubled in 2019
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund enjoyed a very good year on both the Russian stock and bond markets. The
Read more
Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship en route around Scandinavia
The world’s only nuclear-powered merchant ship left St. Petersburg on Tuesday and is now underway to Arkhangelsk where it will
Read more
Moscow outlines €210 billion plan for Arctic oil
A new tax regime for the Russian Arctic is to provide for an unprecedented wave of investments in icy drilling.
Read more
Russian company VostokCoal abandons major coal mining project in Arctic tundra
Vostok Coal is giving up its great Arctic project. The buyer of the vast coal reserves of the Taymyr Peninsula
Read more
Russian company Gazprom finds more gas than expected in future Arctic field
The Kruzenshternskoye field holds up to 2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, the company says. The field that is
Read more
New tourism investment brings hope to Russian city as main smelter closes down
Nornickel might invest up to 10,5 billion rubles (€153 million) in the development of a tourism cluster in Pechenga, the
Read more