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New commander of Russia’s ‘Kirkenes Brigade’ says his marines are fighting NATO

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 10:53
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Roman Fyodorov headed the 200th Motorised Rifle Brigade in Pechenga before he recently took over the command of the nearby

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Russia commissions new ultra-silent submarine

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 14:15
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The diesel-engined Kronstadt is designed for destruction of enemy ships and infrastructure, and is likely to serve in the Northern

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Lukashenko wants access to Russian Arctic seaports

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at 11:14
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The ruler in Minsk intends to make the north Russian ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk a part of his union

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Will Russia revive infamous SMERSH counter-intelligence in Kola Peninsula?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 29, 2024 at 10:41
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The structure established by Josef Stalin to fight “anti-Soviet elements” is today praised by the security agencies in the heavily

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Brain drain hammering Russia, more than 2,500 scientists have already left

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 10:45
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By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer  At least 2,500 scientists have left Russia since February 24, 2022, the online publication Novaya

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New nuclear icebreaker will be named “Leningrad”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 22, 2024 at 10:13
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Keel laying ceremony takes place at the Baltic Shipyard on January 26, the anniversary day of the end of the

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry university MGIMO signs deal on Svalbard

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 10:51
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The university that teaches Russia’s diplomats enters into cooperation with Trust Arktikugol, the Russian state company operating on the Norwegian

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2023 saw more Russian strategic bombers outside Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 15, 2024 at 10:34
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They are Moscow’s most busy cruise missile platforms in the war of aggression against Ukraine, but the Tu-95 and Tu-160

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Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman blames Finland, West for border issues

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 12, 2024 at 13:09
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The Kremlin official claimed it is possible that the “collective West” is urging migrants to leave Russia for Finland. Russian

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Arctic Russian airbase “undoubtedly” on radar of Ukrainian armed forces: expert

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 13:16
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The Olenya airbase is undoubtedly on the radar of Ukrainian armed forces, says an expert after a wave of bombers

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Bailiffs recruit debtors for war in Ukraine

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 11:42
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By Georgii Chentemirov In Karelia, a bailiff sent a notice to a local resident, strongly recommending that he go to

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Icy welcome for Aleksei Navalny in the Arctic “hell” of Kharp

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 15:55
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“Also I walked around in that yard. It is cold there! Like terror!” a former prisoner of penal colony No

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Russia’s Navalny describes harsh reality at ‘Polar Wolf’ Arctic prison

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 08:53
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Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday confirmed his arrival at what he described as a snow-swept prison above

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Russia’s Navalny tracked down to ‘Polar Wolf’ prison in the Arctic

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, December 25, 2023 at 11:37
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Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his

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Moscow sends warning to Finland

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 10:44
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The Russian Foreign Ministry summons Finland’s Ambassador following the Nordic country’s signing of a Defence Cooperation Agreement with the USA.

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