Russia announces major development plan for seaports on Northern Sea Route
A terminal for shipment of zinc and lead is to be built in the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya and the
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Russia : fuel spills in the Northern Dvina River of Arkhangelsk port
The slick is 4 km long and 500 meters wide, local authorities report. The Northern Dvina River flows into the
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Small-size flights bound for Arkhangelsk backup airport Vaskovo
The big north Russian region will have to do with a small temporary airport for seven months as the runway
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Moscow outlines big future for Arkhangelsk Seaport
Few months after the FSB-associated company of Andrei Patrushev acquired a stake in the Arctic infrastructure object, the country’s deputy
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Sevmash delivers sixth Borei-class sub, launches the seventh
Russia significantly increased its modern naval nuclear forces on Thursday as one new Borei-A class submarine was handed over to
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Tromso terminates friendship agreements with Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Nadym
Mayor Wilhelmsen, together with politicians from other parties in northern Norway’s largest city, announced in a letter published in Nordlys that a
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Mobilized Russian reservists get combat training along border to NATO
Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, mobilized men are sent to training facilities in Pechenga, the Russian border region to Norway.
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Norway maintains presence in Arkhangelsk
While the high-profile Consulate General in Murmansk was shut down this summer, the Honorary Consulate in the north Russian city
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“Useless to continue regional diplomatic relations”
“The closure of the Consulate General is the final confirmation that end has come to a process that started in
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Census results shows population drain in Russia’s North
The population of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and other northern regions might be ten percent less that anticipated. Judging from preliminary results
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Students, employees urge rector at university in Arctic Russia to withdraw war-support
Strong-worded letter expresses a real fear of Russians being deprived of basic civil rights and that the country will enter
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Russian village gets evacuation advise ahead of missile launch, scheduled July 7
It is the city administration in nearby Severodvinsk that posted the warning on its portal. «From 6:00 on July 7 to 18:00
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Russia’s Arctic Nenets Autonomous Okrug only region to vote against Putin’s constitutional reform
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
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
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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