Blog – Reflecting on Arctic development while trekking across Central Asia
Nearly five years ago, I wrote a post comparing the Arctic and Central Asia. Though at first glance the regions don’t seem
Read moreNearly five years ago, I wrote a post comparing the Arctic and Central Asia. Though at first glance the regions don’t seem
Read moreThousands of years ago on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, retreating glaciers shaved off the pointy peaks of the Khibiny Mountains. The
Read moreIt is another crackdown on the Russian media, and it will make it even harder for Russian journalists to engage
Read moreLast week, I recounted my overland journey with thirty-some colleagues from Kirkenes, Norway to Murmansk, Russia. The five-hour road trip
Read moreThe Severomorsk-1 is now able to handle the biggest and most heavy military transport planes, the Russian Navy says. The
Read moreArkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts are the part of the Barents region with sharpest drop in population, while both Northern Sweden
Read moreOn a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the
Read moreWe live longer, are active longer, and therefore we need to work longer, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev argues as
Read moreLuostari was once the Soviet Union’s nearest airfield to NATO territory. Now, the nearby ghost town of Korzunova could be
Read moreAbout 70% of the Russian students leave Murmansk for Norway after a year at the gymnasium class. This weekend, the
Read moreStarting in Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula, in Northwestern Russia, the fiber-optic line will provide state-of-the art tele- and data
Read moreTwo men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in
Read moreRosatom and Nerpa shipyard have signed contract for unloading the spent nuclear fuel from the reactors on board «Arktika». Thereafter,
Read moreA military-themed amusement park is developed on an order from Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu and will include a shooting
Read moreResidents in the closed military town of Zaozersk on the Barents Sea coast are left in freezing cold as the
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