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Russia’s Arctic Nenets Autonomous Okrug only region to vote against Putin’s constitutional reform

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 12:57
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Accusations of massive fraud and vote rigging notwithstanding, President Vladimir Putin secured a comfortable win in Wednesday’s referendum on constitutional

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Closed military naval town in Russian Arctic sees major increase in COVID-19 cases

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 11:13
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A total of 169 new cases were registered in Arkhangelsk region over the last 24 hours, more than 150 of

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Merger of Russian Arctic regions into territory as big as Scandinavia sparks controversy

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 13:55
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A proposed merger of regions in northern Russia spurs controversy in the small and oil-rich Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Some want

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Old taiga forest in northwest Russia now a nature reserve

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 11:14
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Intensive logging is no longer permitted in the 3,000 square kilometres area now known as the Dvina-Pinega nature reserve. “Today,

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Police crackdown on Putin opponent’s offices in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 15:16 — Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 15:25
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The regions of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk, Arctic Russia are among the many regions affected by a major coordinated police clampdown

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Russian nuclear corporation says 5 staff members died in last week’s “liquid propulsion system” blast

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2019 at 14:06
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Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom issued a statement late Friday night about the death of five of its staff. Three others received

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Russian Navy building new supply depot for Arctic operations

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 15:34
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A military logistics center in Arkhangelsk is to handle millions of tons of goods destined troops and bases across the

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Boom times for Russia’s Arctic ports

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 11:57 — Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 12:59
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Goods volumes in Sabetta increased by more than 130 percent and Murmansk had its best year ever. Goods volumes across

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No more direct flights between northwest Russia’s two largest cities

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 10, 2018 at 16:00
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People from Murmansk and northern Norway now have to fly via St. Petersburg or Moscow to get to Arkhangelsk. “The

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Arkhangelsk hopes for millions in infrastructure as it becomes Russia’s top venue for Arctic talks

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 11:16
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev mulls big money for upgrades of the local airport and university ahead of next year’s

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Population dropping in Northwestern Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:44
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Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts are the part of the Barents region with sharpest drop in population, while both Northern Sweden

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Can railway project in Russian North attract bank investment?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 14:49 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 14:53
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We are definitely interested in the materialization of the Belkomur railway, leader of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) makes clear.

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Murmansk and Arkhangelsk fail to attract foreign cruise vessels

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 09:46 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 09:48
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A new 206-meters long quay and newly renovated port facilities in the central harbor of Murmansk will be far from

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Legal fight over top secret Russian spy sub comes to surface

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 19, 2018 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Friday, January 19, 2018 at 15:42
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The Zvezdochka yard outside Arkhangelsk, northern Russia, demands another 6.8 billion ruble for its comprehensive modernization of nuclear submarine «Podmoskovye».

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Aviation company considering a Murmansk-Oslo direct flight

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 15:06
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Northern Russia could again be connected with Norway as Nordavia draws a new route map from Murmansk. Nordavia officials tell

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