Belarus sends prime minister and military leaders to Murmansk
At the same time as Moscow deployed nuclear weapons in Belarus, top delegations from Minsk arrived in the far northern
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Politics (Russia)
Moscow expels five Swedish diplomats, orders closure of Consulate General
Russia’s Foreign Ministry says Stockholm has pursued a “confrontational course” and orders the closure of Sweden’s Consulate General in St.
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Russia’s new Navy icebreaker steers clear of Arctic waters
The 85 meter long, 6000 ton heavy vessel in late January started its voyage towards Kamchatka where it is to
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Russia’s growing dependence on China altering dynamics in Arctic, UK committee hears
Russia’s growing dependence on China in the wake of western sanctions, rupture to Arctic Council cooperation and the ongoing conflict
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Russia-China coast guard cooperation big step, says Arctic security expert
“Letting China in would be a big step in practical cooperation. It has a security element to it,” says Senior
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Russia expels 10 Norwegian diplomats in mirror move
Retaliation, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow argues as they today handed over the list of ten names of Norwegian diplomats
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FSB signs maritime security cooperation with China in Murmansk
A groundbreaking memorandum signed between the Chinese Coast Guard and FSB’ Border Guard Service opens for extensive cooperation in the
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Russia labels Bellona “undesirable organization”
By Thomas Nilsen & Denis Zagore The Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow on Tuesday said the Norwegian non-governmental ecological organization
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Russia opens new airfield in remote Arctic archipelago Severnaya Zemlya
It is built to handle “any heavy cargo aircraft” and will serve primarily Arctic researchers and their drifting North Pole
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Russian Arctic rescue exercise attended by observers from Iran and Saudi Arabia
The exercise called “Secure Arctic 2023” included 16 scenarios and was held in nine Russian Arctic regions, from Murmansk in
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Ice-cold gloom for Russia’s new super-powerful icebreaker
Budgets are massively overrun and it is not clear when the 120 MW nuclear-powered vessel will be ready for sailing.
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Russia kicks off command and staff exercise, NATO scrambles F-35s from Evenes
Warships, submarines, aircraft and coastal air defense units are engaged as Russia’s Northern Fleet train on protecting Russia’s Arctic maritime
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Moscow lowers ambitions in nuclear icebreaker program
Only two days after the EU imposed sanctions against Russia’s state nuclear icebreaker operator, the country announces that it will
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Russia’s Arctic Brigade in Alakurtti is counting its many dead
The troops trained to defend the Russian Arctic are taking a big toll in the muddy battlefields of Ukraine. It
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Putin’s hope for Sarmat missile launch from Plesetsk failed
As Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced Russia suspending participation in the New START treaty, information appears that a long awaited
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