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Production of Arctic fiber-optic cable starts in Murmansk

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 2, 2021 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Monday, August 2, 2021 at 09:52
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Six pairs of fiber-optic cables with a bandwidth of up to 104 Tb/s will be laid on the seafloor along

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COVID-19 cases up 200% in Murmansk, Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 15:43
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About 260 new cases with COVID-19 are detected daily over the last week in Murmansk region, three times more than

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COVID-19 infections are increasing in Russia’s Northwest

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 14, 2021 at 09:28
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In the Murmansk region, only one out of eight citizens have taken the vaccine. Russia has confirmed some 5,2 million

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Except for military towns, Russian North sees sharp decline in population

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 10:01
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The region of Murmansk in 2020 had a more than 1,1 percent drop in its population. But several of the

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New batch of satellites brings broadband to the Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 26, 2021 at 09:01 — Last Updated: Monday, April 26, 2021 at 11:12
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36 satellites by British communication company OneWeb were successfully placed in orbit late Sunday evening by a Soyuz rocket from

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Work on high-tech digitalization of Russia’s entire Arctic starts this spring

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 15:33
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Construction permit is granted for what will provide for high-tech digitalization of Russia’s entire Arctic coastline, from Murmansk to Vladivostok.

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Russia’s North Pole Barneo camp cancelled for the third year in a row

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 15:35
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COVID-19 travel restrictions make it impossible to carry out planned tours to the ice camp, supposed to be built on

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Indigenous Peoples call on Nornickel’s global partners to demand environmental action

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 12:36
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“Nornickel does not invite us to meetings, so now we urge international shareholders and buyers of their metals to take

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In Russian tundra tragedy, up to 80,000 reindeer might have starved to death

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 11:30
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Herders in the Yamal Peninsula despair as thick layers of ice prevent their animals from getting access to the indispensable

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Nornickel must pay €1.62 billion for its huge oil spill in Arctic tundra

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2021 at 10:47
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More than 21,000 tons of diesel oil spilled into rivers, lakes and vulnerable wetlands. Now, the company has to pay

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Russian scientists hope to identify wreckage of legendary Arctic icebreaker in 2021

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 18:35
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The Russian navy plans to deploy a team of divers in 2021 to explore the wreckage of a ship believed

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What is happening with Arctic weather? Moscow wants to know

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 4, 2021 at 11:35
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The Russian government decides to upgrade 123 meteorological stations in the Arctic. The network of meteorological stations has degraded over many

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Remains of ice age woolly rhinoceros found in melting Siberian permafrost

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 15:57
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A well-preserved ice age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in

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Russian fishing boat capsizes in Barents Sea leaving 17 people missing

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 16:00
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Seventeen sailors are still missing after the sinking of a Russian ship on Monday in the northern Barents Sea. The

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Russia approves e-visa for Nordic citizens from February 2021

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2020 at 08:58
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Entry to Russia will be much easier as e-visas for tourism, business, humanitarian and guest visits will be issued online

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