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An Su-34 bomber jet flyng near Moscow in 2009. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP/ Getty Images)

Russia establishes new Arctic air squadron to protect its Northern Sea Route

19 July 201919 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air force, defense, Northern Sea Route, Russia, squadron, Su-34

A Russian fleet of Su-34 fighter jets is to be deployed across the Northern Sea Route. Their main base might

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Russia’s Rosneft demands tax breaks to build pipeline to Arctic shipping lane: report

11 July 201911 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, Northern Sea Route, oil, pipelines, Rosneft, taxes, Taymyr peninsula

Rosneft makes clear that it can build a 600 km long pipeline to the Arctic Ocean and export millions of

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Russia aims to make Northern Sea Route world-class shipping lane

10 July 201910 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, icebreakers, Northern Sea Route, Rosatom, shipping

With new super-powerful icebreakers, the Russian Arctic route might be able to compete with the Suez Canal, leader of nuclear

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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gathers worldwide attention as it prepares to be towed in Arctic waters

10 July 201912 July 2019 Katie Toth, CBC News 0 Comments Akademik Lomonosov, energy, floating nuclear power plant, nuclear, nuclear power, Pevek

Russia’s controversial nuclear barge is ready to travel through the Arctic seas — and observers across the globe are watching.

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Russian secret sub to be repaired and put back in service

4 July 20195 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments disasters, everomorsk, Northern Fleet, nuclear, Russian Navy, submarines

The fire started in the battery compartment, but did not affect the reactor, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reports to Vladimir

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Submarine fire: Russia confirms deaths but gives few details

3 July 20193 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments disasters, Northern Fleet, Russian Navy, Severomorsk, submarines

Sergey Shoigu arrives in Severomorsk in northwest Russia, meets with representatives of the Northern Fleet. In his meeting today with

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Fire kills 14 sailors onboard Russian secret sub

2 July 20192 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments disasters, Northern Fleet, nuclear, Russian Navy, Severomorsk, submarines

The Losharik started burning during underwater research activities in Russian territorial waters. “On 1st July a fire started onboard an

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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gets 10-year operating license, new paint job

1 July 201928 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Akademik Lomonosov, energy, floating nuclear power plant, nuclear, nuclear power, Pevek

The Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Pevek, in Russia’s eastern Arctic, in August when the sea ice

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Murmansk supports building new road connection to Finland

28 June 201928 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, Kovdor, Murmansk, roads, Savukoski

Cross-border traffic and trade are down, but regional authorities in Murmansk still want to build a new road and border-crossing

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Russia to introduce e-visa without invitation in 2021

10 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, tourism, travel

Single-entry visas for a stay of up to 16 days will come in the start. Later, the goal is to

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Moscow’s new energy doctrine warns against green shift

5 June 20196 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, energy, global warming, LNG, oil, POLICY

International efforts against climate change are alright, but only as long as they do not encroach on the country’s oil

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Russia to replace sunken floating dock in Murmansk

28 May 201928 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments admiral kuznetsov, defence, military, Murmansk, Northern Fleet, Roslyakovo, Russian Navy

The new drydock will replace the floating dry dock that last year sunk into the Arctic waters of the Kola

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Russia’s new energy security doctrine focuses on global threats and challenges

15 May 201916 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments climate change, energy, energy security doctrine, gas, national security, oil, Vladimir Putin

Western sanctions, armed conflicts and cyber-attacks against energy infrastructure, moving of the centre of global economic gravity towards the Asia-Pacific

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Russia, China step up talks over Arctic shipping

30 April 20193 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Belt and Road Initiative, China, energy, gas, Infrastructure, Northern Sea Route, oil, Polar Silk Road, shipping, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping

Russian president Vladimir Putin aims for more Chinese investments in Arctic LNG and growth in trans-shipments on the Northern Sea

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Russia is building a new Arctic with private investments

23 April 201926 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, fossil fuels, gas, LNG, Northern Latitudinal Passage, Northern Sea Route, oil, transport

A system with major tax breaks is to make private investors place billions in Russia’s new regional infrastructure. “We have

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