Russia casts new light on Arctic navigation
The country’s quickly growing interest in the Northern Sea Route is leading to a reshuffle of regional lighthouses and navigation
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Politics (Russia)
Lavrov’s call for security consultations with Norway was followed by strategic bombers
Busy day in the skies over the Barents- and Norwegian Seas as NATO scrambled F-16s and F-35s to meet a
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Nuclear container ship back to St. Petersburg after only two months in the Arctic
After only two months in the Arctic, Russia’s nuclear-powered “Sevmorput” is Thursday sailing south again outside the coast of northern
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Political infighting reverberates through Russia’s Arctic capital
The Governor of Murmansk rages after local legislators turned down his candidate for new Murmansk City Mayor. Regional Governor Andrei
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Crushing victory for United Russia, but in one Arctic region, Putin’s party is dealt a blow
The far northern Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the Russian region with the lowest support for the United Russia. Independent observers
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Training sees 40 new Russian tanks rumble along the border to Norway
The potent Russian forces deployed in the Pechenga region have brought their full force of new Arctic T-80BVM tanks to
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Russian minister of emergency situations dies during Arctic exercise
Yevgeny Zinichev lost his life when leading the biggest rescue and emergency exercise ever held in the Russian Far North.
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Russia drills rescue and emergency response in Arctic exercise
About 6,000 personnel are engaged in one of Russia’s biggest ever rescue and emergency exercises in the Arctic. The exercise
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Climate change finds a place in Russia’s new National Security Strategy
But Moscow warns against foreign attempts to politicise global warming and stagger Russian developments in the Arctic. The document that was signed
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National security chief says Russia must bolster its Arctic military
According to Dmitry Medvedev, the chairmanship in the Arctic Council provides Moscow with an opportunity to promote national security interests
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Putin, Biden talk Northern Sea Route
The situation in the Arctic was discussed “pretty comprehensively” in the US-Russia top meeting in Geneva. “Yes, this issue was
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Return to form for Arctic Council as Russia assumes leadership from Iceland
After a topsy turvy two years for the Arctic community that saw it navigate everything from a global pandemic and
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“We take for granted that there will not be any problem in the Arctic that requires a military solution,” says Russian Arctic ambassador
Nikolai Korchunov is Ambassador at large and has headed Russia’s delegation to the Arctic Council since 2018. He is likely
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Russian, U.S. foreign ministers to meet on sidelines of Arctic Council meeting
Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have agreed to meet on the sidelines
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Russia’s FM spokesperson calls Norway’s military deal with U.S. “provocative”
Oslo follows a deliberate and destructive line towards aggravating tensions in the Euro-Arctic region, and destroying Russian-Norwegian relations, the spokeswomen
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