Friday, July 11, 2025
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

Politics (Russia)

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
0 Comments

An over-emphasis on narratives around potential resource bonanzas and hard security issues in the Arctic should be recalibrated by policy

Read more
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
0 Comments

According to a decree signed by President Putin on the 25th August, the Security Council is to establish a special commission that

Read more
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
0 Comments

After months of total isolation in a remote military post in the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, Ruslan Shaveddinov last

Read more
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
0 Comments

The surprise exercise was announced on the 17th July and is reported to include up to 150,000 soldiers in the

Read more
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
0 Comments

Accusations of massive fraud and vote rigging notwithstanding, President Vladimir Putin secured a comfortable win in Wednesday’s referendum on constitutional

Read more
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
0 Comments

A proposed merger of regions in northern Russia spurs controversy in the small and oil-rich Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Some want

Read more
Business Business (Russia) Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian Arctic shipping could follow this new route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 15:41 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 10:48
0 Comments

The Northern Sea Transport Corridor stretches from Murmansk to Kamchatka and might soon be of defining importance for Moscow’s Arctic

Read more
General Politics Politics (Russia) RCI Russia 

“Catastrophic” economic situation prompts merger talks for two Russian regions in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 15:47 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 15:51
0 Comments

The Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in Russia’s northwestern Arctic announced on Wednesday in joint news releases

Read more
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Moscow disinforms about coronavirus, says press freedom organization

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 27, 2020 at 10:58
0 Comments

Pressure against domestic media is mounting and the country steps up efforts to spread fake news abroad. “We are concerned

Read more
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Putin signs Arctic master plan calling for more industrialization, partnerships and stability

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 6, 2020 at 11:51
0 Comments

The strategic document paves way for a massive industrialization of the country’s far north. The strategy includes Russia’s main objectives,

Read more
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian Embassy denies accusations of influence operations in Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 09:33
0 Comments

“As normal there are no evidence, just general speculations,” the Embassy writes in a statement to the Barents Observer. On

Read more
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

New Russian PM grants drilling fields to Gazprom in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:52
0 Comments

Mikhail Mishustin grants company Gazprom Neft big drilling acreages in the Yamal Peninsula. Three days after he was announced as

Read more
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Moscow adopts 15-year plan for Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 04:56 — Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2020 at 16:18
0 Comments

By year 2035, the Russian government intends to build at least 40 Arctic vessels, upgrade 4 regional airports, construct railways

Read more
Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian security agency to build another building in Murmansk

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 15:14
0 Comments

The decision to build one more office complex for the security service comes only three years after the Stalin-styled new

Read more
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

New Russian hypersonic missile to be tested in White Sea before Christmas

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 10:53 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:59
0 Comments

The Tsirkon scramjet-powered cruise missile is said to travel at a speed making it impossible to intercept by any known

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2025 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.