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Russia to remove dangerous nuclear objects dumped on its Arctic sea floor

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 15:29
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These objects are not environmentally safe, a representative of Rosatom made clear as he this week presented a clean-up plan

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Last Soviet nuclear-sub reactor lifted onshore

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 16:34
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The Barents Sea is safer as the era of storing radioactive reactor compartments on water comes to an end. On

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Blog General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Blog – Between Militarization and Disarmament: Constructing Peace in the Arctic

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 13:27 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:52
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Since 2007 there has been ongoing debate as to the prospects for conflict in the Arctic. Realists contend that great

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Blog General Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) Politics USA 

Blog – U.S. ups rhetoric in Arctic, but not its game

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 11:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 13:21
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American rhetoric is turning up the temperature in the Arctic while not even really putting its money where its mouth

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General News Politics 

U.K. to send sub-hunter aircraft to Arctic in 2020 to “counter” Russian activity

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 14:46 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:51
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The United Kingdom will deploy its sub-hunter patrol aircraft to the Arctic next year to help “counter Russian submarine activity

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

From Scotland to Alert: One man’s journey to rediscover his grandfather buried in Canada’s Arctic

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 09:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:44
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A story that began nearly 70 years ago with a military plane crash in Canada’s Arctic is coming full circle

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics 

Finland ready to back new nuclear disarmament talks, says president Niinistö

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 5, 2018 at 10:46
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Finnish president Sauli Niinistö delivered the opening statements to kick off Finland’s quarterly national defence course on Monday morning at

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Last three reactor compartments from Cold War subs to be pulled from Russia’s waters next year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 08:00
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Twenty-five years with safe decommissioning of Cold War submarines in the Russian north will come to an end next year.

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) News Politics Russia 

Russia to design Cold-War-style “monster” to patrol Northern Sea Route

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 13:45
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Flying just a few feet above the surface, the wing-in-ground-effect craft could patrol huge areas where infrastructure is weakly developed.

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) News Politics Russia 

Was a nuclear-able Soviet sub near Norway’s coasts during a deadly 1984 fire?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 14:53 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 13:05
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June 12, 1984: It is the Cold War and the Soviet nuclear submarine K-131 is under the surface just outside

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General News Photo Galleries Russia Society Society (Russia) 

PHOTO REPORT – Abandoned Russian airbase to become wealthy residential neighborhood

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2018 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 16:27
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Luostari was once the Soviet Union’s nearest airfield to NATO territory. Now, the nearby ghost town of Korzunova could be

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Canada General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) News Politics 

Canada extends air defence monitoring zone to entire Canadian Arctic

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 09:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 10:28
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In a move that reflects the growing tensions between Russia and the West, Ottawa quietly announced last week that it

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Russian Navy sends clean-up team to Arctic trash dump

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 09:34 — Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:06
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Russia’s Northern Fleet sends an ecological clean-up team to Kotelny island to collect and crush oil drums dumped during the

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Canada General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics 

NATO wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 09:58 — Last Updated: Friday, April 6, 2018 at 14:03
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Despite rising tensions with Russia in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and more recently in the United Kingdom, NATO would like

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Russia’s Arctic nuclear dump could become promising fishing area

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 15:18
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Thousands of containers with radioactive waste were dumped in the Kara Sea during Soviet times. Now, Russia’s Federal Agency for

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