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Sevmash delivers sixth Borei-class sub, launches the seventh

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:31
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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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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Tromso terminates friendship agreements with Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Nadym

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 08:37
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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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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Mobilized Russian reservists get combat training along border to NATO

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 11:11
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Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, mobilized men are sent to training facilities in Pechenga, the Russian border region to Norway.

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Norway maintains presence in Arkhangelsk

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 13:28
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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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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 Politics Politics (Norway) 

“Useless to continue regional diplomatic relations”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 10, 2022 at 11:47
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“The closure of the Consulate General is the final confirmation that end has come to a process that started in

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Census results shows population drain in Russia’s North

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 3, 2022 at 09:26
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The population of Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and other northern regions might be ten percent less that anticipated. Judging from preliminary results

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Students, employees urge rector at university in Arctic Russia to withdraw war-support

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 14:14
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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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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Russia Society 

Russian village gets evacuation advise ahead of missile launch, scheduled July 7

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2020 at 12:47
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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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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

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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Russia Society Society (Russia) 

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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Norway Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

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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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

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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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

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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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

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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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) News Politics Russia 

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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