Kremlin, on Trump remarks on Greenland and Canada, says Russia has Arctic interests
The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on U.S.
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Geopolitics (Russia)
20 percent decline in border traffic YoY
There were 57,986 crossings at Storskog in 2024, down 20% on a year-over-year (YoY) basis from the 72,173 in 2023,
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After a month in Norwegian fjord, infamous Russian reefer Belomorye is towed to sea
The almost 50 year old reefer was early the 31 December towed out of the Frei Fjord and into stormy
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Here comes Yakutia, Russia’s newest nuclear icebreaker
The flag-raising ceremony happened at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg on December 28. It took four and a half
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Twice more Russian diplomats in Norway than the other way around
Keeping diplomatic channels open in times of turmoil is important but far from easy. Moscow was this week forced to
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Small Norwegian fishing boat confronted Russian warship during live-shooting exercise
Shootings or no shootings, the fishermen wanted to secure the catch and confronted the Northern Fleet’s large destroyer Admiral Levchenko
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Governor: Murmansk is under drone attack
“An attack by enemy drones is taking place in our region,” Andrei Chibis says in a statement. UAVs are believed
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European Council approves new sanctions against Russia
By Elizaveta Vereykina The sanctions target the Russian economy in the energy, finance, and trade sectors including the Arctic regions.
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Submariners from Russia’s Northern Fleet fight and fall in Ukraine
A significant number of sailors from the naval base towns in the Kola Peninsula are killed in Russia’s war of
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Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 suspends gas liquefaction amid sanctions, lack of tankers
By Marwa Rashad and Vladimir Soldatkin Novatek, Russia’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has suspended production at its
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Russia starts Friday with large-scale air attack on Ukraine, Tu-95 bombers from Murmansk active
Strategic bombers from Olenya airbase strike targets across Ukraine Friday morning in yet another massive terror attack against civilians and
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Norwegian border town finally scraps cooperation agreement with Russian neighbor
Wednesday, the municipal council of Sør-Varanger, where Kirkenes is the town center, ended its friendship agreement with next-door Pechenga Rayon.
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Russian Northern fleet is training for a drone attack on Severomorsk naval base
In an exercise held in the Northern Fleet headquarters city this week, military engineers, medics and representatives of radiation, chemical
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Russia considering withdrawal from UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Arctic
“The issue of the possible denunciation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Arctic is
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New commander of Russia’s ‘Kirkenes Brigade’ says his marines are fighting NATO
Roman Fyodorov headed the 200th Motorised Rifle Brigade in Pechenga before he recently took over the command of the nearby
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