Nord Stream pipeline damages in Baltic Sea raises suspicion of sabotage
The Swedish national seismic network says it detected two explosions close to unusual leaks discovered this week on two Russian
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Politics (Russia)
FSB tightens control at Arctic exit route amid border closure rumours
Crowds of young men fleeing from conscription are Tuesday morning heading towards Norway from Murmansk. Controls are intensified at Titovka
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“With military background, I had to make a quick decision”
Vladimir Prokushev (36) believes the majority of those being sent to war have very little motivation to fight against Ukraine.
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More Russian men flee Putin’s call-up decree via northern borders
Both Finland and Norway saw more military-aged Russian men crossing borders this weekend. But still far from the queues reported
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Russia shows off Arctic military power
Hundreds of Northern Fleet soldiers are killed in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Others are sent on exercise to
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Norway maintains presence in Arkhangelsk
While the high-profile Consulate General in Murmansk was shut down this summer, the Honorary Consulate in the north Russian city
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Murmansk Governor: I expect your full support for the mobilization
Leader of the far northern and heavily militarised region says a draft board under his command is starting to fulfil
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The Army is on its way to extinguish fire at Russia’s biggest natural gas field
A raging blaze at the far northern Urengoy field is to be put out by a shot from an anti-tank
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Russia conducts military drills in Arctic sea opposite Alaska
Russian nuclear-powered submarines fired cruise missiles in the Arctic on Friday as part of military drills designed to test Moscow’s
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Russia tests latest underwater warfare technology in the Barents Sea
The “Krasnoyarsk” and “Generalissimo Suvorov” are the most advanced nuclear submarines ever built by the Sevmash yard. Protection is ensured
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Northern Fleet kicks off large Barents-Arctic naval exercise
Surface warships, submarines and aviation are involved in waters from the Kola Peninsula to Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya.
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Moscow threatens to block Marianne’s news online over interview from 2018
Journalist and publisher Marianne Hofman refuses to depublish the article despite being threatened by Russia’s censorship agency. “Instead I will
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Assertive Moscow outlines push into central Arctic Ocean
Russia’s newly adopted Marine Doctrine has a high stress on Arctic waters and the shelf north of the country’s 200
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UK denies violation of Russian airspace over the Barents Sea
“The UK aircraft was in communication with Russian civilian air traffic control and its crew operated in a safe and
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Russia accuses British spy plane of violating airspace north of Kola Peninsula
British RC-135 with equipment to collect real-time electronic intelligence data was forced out of Russian airspace by a MiG-31, the
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