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Significant progress in China-Russia talks on Arctic shipping:Kremlin

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 9, 2025 at 12:40
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“New logistical hubs are in the making,” Putin said after bilateral talks with Xi. “There is significant progress in issues

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Former energy minister charged for broken heating in naval infantry base Sputnik

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:40
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Aleksandr Kobytev was minister of energy and housing in Murmansk before he took over the lead of a regional utility

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Russian cruiser fires artillery few kilometres from border to Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 12:14
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The 186 meter long warship Marshal Ustinov is shooting artillery on targets at the Rybachii Peninsula as part of an ongoing exercise.

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Russia’s first icebreaking patrol vessel for the Arctic arrives north

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 11:11
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The Ivan Papanin will over the next three months undergo ice tests in the waters around Franz Josef Land.  Built at the

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Russia launches new hypersonic-weapon submarine

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 28, 2025 at 12:25
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The brand new submarine was floated out of the yard’s dock hall on Thursday. Russia is now half-way in launching

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Putin says Arctic rivalries increasing, but economic cooperation still possible

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 14:45
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Geopolitical rivalries are intensifying in the Arctic but Russia is willing to cooperate with foreign partners, including from the West,

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Frigate in Barents Sea is manned by sailors with battle experience from Ukraine

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:59
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Servicemen on board the Admiral Kasatonov successfully applied their war experiences during a recent exercise in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet

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Russia accuses Norway of militarizing Svalbard Arctic islands

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, March 14, 2025 at 13:58
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Russia accused Norway of militarizing the Svalbard archipelago and said on Friday it had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Moscow

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Putin’s dealmaker with Trump calls for joint action in the Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 15:52
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“The Arctic is too important for Cold War-style politics,” says Kirill Dmitriev, the influential businessman and government official that plays

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Russia withdraws accreditation of Norwegian honorary consul Andrei Shalyov

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 15:27
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry in Moscow has withdrawn the exequatur and accreditation of Arkhangelsk citizen Andrei Shalyov. The move comes amid

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Damaged nuclear icebreaker is repaired in the ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2025 at 13:44
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Few days after it crashed into a cargo ship, the 50 Let Pobedy continues to escort ships across the icy waters of

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Northern Fleet faces wide gap between ambitions and resources, intel report

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 13:37
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The combat power of the Russian Navy is under pressure and forces the Northern Fleet to chose between solving missions

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Lift-off for new Russian military satellites

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 10:02 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 10:04
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The Russian Aerospace Forces in Plesetsk have launched a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with military payload. The launch took place in the

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New radars sharpen Russian air defense over northern Finland, Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 11:31
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For decades, there have been military radars on the small mountain top in the Pechenga area. From Iyvara, there is

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Kola, Karelia soldiers likely to increase from 30,000 to 80,000

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 24, 2025 at 10:03
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Thousands of soldiers from the three brigades inside the Arctic Circle, near the border with NATO, are killed or wounded

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