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

Shell teams up with Gazprom Neft in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 7, 2020 at 07:55
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The two companies are jointly to develop license areas in Russia’s far northern Gydan Peninsula. A joint venture established on

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Northern climate change will cost country €99 billion says Russia’s Minister of the Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 09:36
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Direct damage on buildings and infrastructure will be up to €99 billion, says Deputy Minister of the Far East and

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Two Chinese rigs prepare for drilling in Russian Arctic waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2020 at 11:06
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One of the world’s biggest heavy loads vessel on 17th June sailed into the Kola Bay with two rigs on

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Experts discuss plan to lift nuclear waste from Russian Arctic seabed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 9, 2020 at 11:54
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Experts are discussing the framework for safe lifting of dumped reactors from four submarines and uranium fuel from one icebreaker

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:30
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Species that previously were non-existent in Russia’s remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers. The researchers

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Business (Russia) General Russia 

Drilling rigs end activities in Russia’s Arctic waters as winter nears

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 14:42 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 09:31
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Three drilling rigs have this year spud wells in the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob, in Arctic Russia.

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Environment (Russia) General Russia Science 

Russian Navy maps large area of Arctic seabed

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:28
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Research vessels operated by Russia’s Northern Fleet have this summer mapped several thousand square kilometers of the Arctic shelf. A

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Rosneft announces more offshore drilling in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:48 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:59
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Five years after it found one of the largest oil fields in Arctic waters, Rosneft makes clear that more drilling

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 14:06 — Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2019 at 15:47
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A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a

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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Chinese drilling rig returns to Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 14:47
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It is the third year in a row that drilling rig Nan Hai 8 arrives in Murmansk to prepare for

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Chinese rig makes massive gas discovery in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 15:37
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The Nan Hai Ba Hao platform has found more than a trillion cubic meters of natural gas in the Kara

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Russia’s Rosneft considering pipeline to boost shipping on Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 16:24
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In a sign of support for growing shipping on the Northern Sea Route, Rosneft mulls building of a 600-km-long pipeline

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Russia funds research to improve Arctic weather forecasts

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 09:58 — Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 09:46
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The money is allocated from the government’s reserve fund and is to strengthen Arctic weather forecasting. The Russian government this

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

December sea ice levels in Arctic Europe at record low

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 10, 2018 at 10:08 — Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2018 at 15:48
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It is December and European Arctic waters are free of ice way north of Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya. Norwegian Ice Service,

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Snow crabs invading Russia’s Arctic nuclear waste dump

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 26, 2018 at 10:20 — Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2018 at 11:43
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Researchers find a huge influx of snow crabs in areas with dumped radioactive waste in the Kara Sea, in Arctic

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