Russian researchers besieged by polar bears on Arctic island
The five Russian researchers where trapped for days in their small cabin at the remote Arctic island of Troynoy. The
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Murmansk opens biggest highway north of Arctic Circle
It has the capacity to handle 20,000 cars per day, Governor Marina Kovtun says. “From now on, everyone driving into
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Yamal-Nenets authorities plan to cull 250,000 reindeer
Pasture lands are insufficient and the risk of another anthrax outbreak is high, authorities in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug say.
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What happened in the forest outside Arkhangelsk?
A powerful explosion toppled trees and flashed away the soil in a huge circle, but there is still no official
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Russia mulls extension of border zone
An official document indicates that Moscow is preparing the reintroduction of travelling restrictions in the borderlands to Norway and Finland.
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Russia to develop new integrated info system for Arctic
Speaking in a government session in June, Transport Ministry representative Aleksey Semyonov presented what could become a new and integrated information
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Russian navy will hide entire Arctic town in giant fake fog screen
Civilians asked to stay calm for the next three days. Despite “specific smell” – the smoke is harmless to people,
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Norilsk Nickel bribed eco watchdog, say prosecutors in Arctic Russia
Prosecutors in Murmansk, Russia have filed a suit against Ruslan Tishenko, leader of the regional Nature Protection Control Authority, on
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Anthrax outbreak in Arctic Russia could be just the beginning: scientist
Anthrax is one of many infectious disease agents preserved in the record melting permafrost. Burial sites across Siberia with infected
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Reindeer herds grow on Russian tundra
The number of reindeer on Nenets tundra is up by more than 270,000 in 15 years The territories are huge.
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FSB moves into new Murmansk, Russia headquarters
The security service in Russia’s Arctic capital moves into its new massive headquarters. The building has been under construction since
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Russian Patriarch pays tribute to Arctic Gulag victims
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church pays tribute to Gulag victims in Vorkuta. During his visit to the Komi
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Blog: Winter in the world’s coldest city
As Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the summer in the United States, what better time than to look back on
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PHOTO REPORT: Tundra children return from school
Nenets children staying at boarding schools in Naryan-Mar throughout the semester, got a helicopter transport back this week to their
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Paratrooper exercises over Arctic Russia
Northern Fleet special forces conduct 30 percent more parachute jumps than planned. About 2,000 jumps were conducted in this year’s
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