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Norway’s foreign minister travels to Russia to assure Arctic relations

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2017 at 19:14
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First visit to Russia by the Norwegian Foreign Minister in three years. Norway froze high-level political talks with Moscow after

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100 sailors trapped in ice near Russian Arctic outpost

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 15:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 15:20
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The historic convoy to Pevek did not have a lucky outcome. Three vessels, among them an icebreaker, might not get

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Sweden’s foreign minister still undecided on Barents Council meeting in Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Friday, January 27, 2017 at 15:08
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Swedish Foreign Minister supposed to take over chairmanship from Sergey Lavrov for next two years. Barents Council is the forum

Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)

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Russia, China cooperate on railroad to Arctic

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 4, 2015 at 18:41 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 20:42
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The Chinese manufacturing company Poly Technologies will take part in construction of a railroad from the White Sea to the

In this Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 file photo, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, third right, visits an assembly shop, with the Angara booster rocket at right, at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Plesetsk, northwestern Russia. The recent Angara A5 rocket launch failed and crashed near a near the village of Zabolotye in Arkhangelsk Oblast. (Alexander Astafyev/ Government Press Service/RIA-Novost/AP)

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Rocket fails, falls down near village in Russia’s North

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 19:04
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The launch of the experimental Angara A5 from the Plesetsk Space Center flops. The rocket landed near a local village. The

A Russian nuclear submarine pictured in 2004.( Fred Tanneau /AFP/Getty Images)

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Russia lays down fifth multirole nuclear submarine

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 at 19:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 18:35
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Sevmash Shipyard has started construction of “Arkhangelsk”, the latest 4th generation nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine of the Yasen-class. The vessel was

This undated file photo shows a Russian nuclear submarine. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Four nuclear submarines under construction in Russia’s Far North

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 14:56 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 20:54
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Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk outside Arkhangelsk has full order books for 2015. For the first time since the fall of

This old hunting cabin on the Vaygach island in the Russian Arctic could be subject to protection. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Russia’s Arctic culture heritage sites get protection

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 20:45
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This abandoned polar hydrometrological station at Cape Menshikova on Novaya Zemlya can be declared a culture heritage site as Arkhangelsk