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Pollution from the chimneys in Nikel moves towards the Norwegian border, while the snow around the plant is black of fallout of heavy metals, sulphur dioxide and other pollutions from the plant. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia: Arctic mega-polluter pays record high dividends

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 13:11
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Nickel industry in Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula is very good business for investors. Norilsk Nickel set to pay

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Kola Sami Valentina Sovkina (left) together with Tatiana Egorova from the Barents Indigenous Peoples' Office in Murmansk (middle). (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features 

Russia to give indigenous peoples priority in Barents chairmanship

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 14:56 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 22:45
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“We are in dialogue, not confrontation,” says Aleksandr Zelenov from the Foreign Ministry in Moscow. A regional indigenous peoples summit

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Figures from the Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce show that total bilateral trade in first half 2015 dropped 28 percent year-on-year to a total of €672 million. (iStock)
General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

New Norwegian spy vessel to keep track with «unpredictable» Russia

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 16:10 — Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014 at 20:42
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Norway’s Intelligence Service will soon get a new “Marjata” vessel to operate in the Barents Sea. The vessel will be

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

Russia launches another missile from Barents Sea

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 19:36 — Last Updated: Friday, November 7, 2014 at 20:53
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Russia test-launched its second submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile in seven days. Just four days after Russia finished testing its entire nuclear triad from

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Coal power plant in Russian coal mine settlement Barentsburg, Svalbard, Norway in 2008. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Russia) Russia Special Features 

Arctic air clearer after Soviet Union’s collapse, long-term study says

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2014 at 15:09
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The clouds of black carbon soiling snow and ice in Finland’s Arctic region have diminished significantly since the middle of

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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