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Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)
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Top Russian official on Arctic affairs resigns

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 16:01
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Aleksandr Krutikov was expected to play a key role in Russia’s upcoming chairmanship in the Arctic Council The First Deputy

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Countries General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia wants to boost tourism to Arctic archipelago

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 8, 2021 at 11:10
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Government developers call for the building of Russian cruise vessels that can bring wealthy travelers to the far northern Franz

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Russia’s Northern Fleet begins 2nd stage of COVID-19 vaccination

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 15:00
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Russian military medics have begun the second stage of vaccination of the Northern Fleet personnel, defence officials announced Thursday. Thousands

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Russia’s Northern Fleet prepares Arctic deployment of hypersonic Kinzhal missile

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 10:45
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Training of personnel and building of infrastructure for the new weapon starts in 2021, Russian military representatives say. A decision

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Politics (Russia) Russia 

Northern Fleet Commander says Zapad-2021 will be next year’s ‘main effort’

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:21
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Part of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus will take place in the area

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Barents Observer opens another door through Russia’s censorship wall

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 14, 2020 at 13:08
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Говорит баренц (Talking Barents), an audio-version of all Russian language news made available via podcast services, is the latest move

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Putin reshuffles top team on environment and Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 9, 2020 at 09:33
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The Russian Minister of Natural Resources is fired and replaced by the Minister of the Far East and Arctic. Speculations

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Moscow pushes for more Arctic drilling

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 10:18
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Prime Minister Mishustin wants to tap into vast oil and gas resources on the Arctic shelf and commissions his cabinet

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014.(Pavel Golovkin/AP)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Behind Putin’s new Arctic Strategy lies a quest for natural resources

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 2, 2020 at 11:51
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The new guiding document for Russia’s vast Arctic territories includes plenty of focus on oil, natural gas and shipping, and

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Politics Politics (Russia) RCI Russia 

Are potential Arctic security threats eclipsing urgent action on climate? A new study makes its case

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 09:07
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An over-emphasis on narratives around potential resource bonanzas and hard security issues in the Arctic should be recalibrated by policy

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Security strongmen take on key role in Russian Arctic policy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 11:49
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According to a decree signed by President Putin on the 25th August, the Security Council is to establish a special commission that

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Kremlin-critic soldier tells his story about military service in Russia’s Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 15:30
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After months of total isolation in a remote military post in the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, Ruslan Shaveddinov last

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Northern fleet to perform drills in Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 14:07
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The surprise exercise was announced on the 17th July and is reported to include up to 150,000 soldiers in the

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Arctic Nenets Autonomous Okrug only region to vote against Putin’s constitutional reform

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 12:57
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Accusations of massive fraud and vote rigging notwithstanding, President Vladimir Putin secured a comfortable win in Wednesday’s referendum on constitutional

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Norway Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Merger of Russian Arctic regions into territory as big as Scandinavia sparks controversy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 13:55
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A proposed merger of regions in northern Russia spurs controversy in the small and oil-rich Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Some want

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