Migrants arrested in Barents Sea as they try to reach Norway, Russian security services video
The small rubber boat was supposed to bring them to Norway’s northern shores, but their dream of Europe ended dramatically
Read moreThe small rubber boat was supposed to bring them to Norway’s northern shores, but their dream of Europe ended dramatically
Read moreThe “Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky” will improve search- and rescue capabilities in Russia’s western Arctic region The vessel arrived to Murmansk this week and
Read moreThe decision to build one more office complex for the security service comes only three years after the Stalin-styled new
Read moreEx-border inspector Frode Berg is now on his way home to Kirkenes, Arctic Norway after 23 months in FSB’s notorious
Read moreEye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news partnership.
Read more“Strengthen people-to-people cooperation, help Frode get home”, was among the slogans in the 1st May parade in Norwegian border town
Read moreVladimir Martynenko from Murmansk used to tour neighbouring Scandinavia with Russian ballades about faith and love. He was arrested and
Read moreNorwegian officials keep silent about Frode Berg’s alleged connections with the military intelligence service. Frode Berg’s Norwegian lawyer Brynjulf Risnes
Read moreEye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news partnership.
Read moreCoast guard vessel «Polyarnaya Zvezda» sails 5,300 nautical miles in its first major patrol voyage along Russia’s Arctic coast. In
Read moreEye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news
Read moreThe security service will from now on have the prerogatives for law enforcement along the Russian Arctic shipping passage. The
Read moreIt has been one week without any asylum seekers crossing from northern Russia to Finnish Lapland. The last migrant waiting
Read moreValentina Sovkina was on her way from Lovozero on Russia’s Kola Peninsula to the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.
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