It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia
Rosatom is now installing two RITM-200 reactors aboard what will become Russia’s second floating nuclear power plant. The arrival of
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Geopolitics (Russia)
Russia expresses fury over memorial vandalism in Norwegian borderland, after monument repairs
The Russian Embassy in Oslo has sent a diplomatic note to Norway’s Foreign Ministry condemning the desecration of a monument
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FSB major general V. Shchemelinin appointed to chief position at Russia’s border
The senior officer, who has been accused by Ukrainian military intelligence of involvement in criminal activities on European territory, has
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Soviet flag flies as first Murmansk passenger voyage reaches Svalbard
A giant flag of the USSR – a state that collapsed 35 years ago – greeted the first passenger ship
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Police: Russian crew members pose a significant espionage threat
Covert maritime intelligence from non-Russian flag ships gives Russia an overview of military capacities and infrastructure along the coast and
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Fears grow that Russia will deploy more nukes in the Arctic
Today marks the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. It
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Sanctioned Russian cargo carrier makes port call in Norwegian archipelago
The Taimyr is on the sanctions lists of the US and Ukraine because of its involvement in Russian weapon transportation.
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US senators say Trump failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine
Four Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that lax enforcement by the Trump administration of sanctions on Russia’s Arctic LNG
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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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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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