Top Russian official on Arctic affairs resigns
Aleksandr Krutikov was expected to play a key role in Russia’s upcoming chairmanship in the Arctic Council The First Deputy
Read moreAleksandr Krutikov was expected to play a key role in Russia’s upcoming chairmanship in the Arctic Council The First Deputy
Read moreGovernment developers call for the building of Russian cruise vessels that can bring wealthy travelers to the far northern Franz
Read moreRussian military medics have begun the second stage of vaccination of the Northern Fleet personnel, defence officials announced Thursday. Thousands
Read moreTraining of personnel and building of infrastructure for the new weapon starts in 2021, Russian military representatives say. A decision
Read morePart of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus will take place in the area
Read moreГоворит баренц (Talking Barents), an audio-version of all Russian language news made available via podcast services, is the latest move
Read moreThe Russian Minister of Natural Resources is fired and replaced by the Minister of the Far East and Arctic. Speculations
Read morePrime Minister Mishustin wants to tap into vast oil and gas resources on the Arctic shelf and commissions his cabinet
Read moreThe new guiding document for Russia’s vast Arctic territories includes plenty of focus on oil, natural gas and shipping, and
Read moreAn over-emphasis on narratives around potential resource bonanzas and hard security issues in the Arctic should be recalibrated by policy
Read moreAccording to a decree signed by President Putin on the 25th August, the Security Council is to establish a special commission that
Read moreAfter months of total isolation in a remote military post in the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, Ruslan Shaveddinov last
Read moreThe surprise exercise was announced on the 17th July and is reported to include up to 150,000 soldiers in the
Read moreAccusations of massive fraud and vote rigging notwithstanding, President Vladimir Putin secured a comfortable win in Wednesday’s referendum on constitutional
Read moreA proposed merger of regions in northern Russia spurs controversy in the small and oil-rich Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Some want
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