New submarine for Northern Fleet will be named “Mariupol”
Russia is about to start the building of six improved Kilo-class submarines for Arctic waters. They will all get their
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Politics (Russia)
Moscow expels nine Finnish diplomates in retaliation move, closing St. Petersburg consulate
Russia’s Foreign Ministry called on the Finnish Ambassador and delivered a “strong protest” against the “confrontational anti-Russia policy” pursued by
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Russia kicks off strategic aviation exercise over the Barents Sea ahead of next week’s NATO Summit
A large area from the eastern Barents Sea to the Ural Mountains is now closed off for civilian aviation as
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Wagner Group continues recruiting in Murmansk in Arctic Russia
By Atle Staalesen and Georgii Chentemirov Despite Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup, his mercenary group has not halted its efforts to
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Moscow says WWF threatens Russian development of Arctic
The Russian General Prosecutor argues that environmentalists undermine the country’s expansionist plans in the Arctic and its development of the
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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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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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