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Abandoned military airport in Arctic Russia will be reconstructed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 13, 2022 at 15:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 08:30
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As part of a major upgrade of Northern Fleet airstrips in the European Arctic, the Severomorsk-2 that was shut down

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Full speed ahead in rearmament of the Kola Peninsula, says Russia’s defence minister

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:49
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In the shadow of Russia’s bloody war on Ukraine, Arctic combat capabilities will get an extra boost in 2022, the

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Population of Murmansk, Russia, down by 8,700

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 09:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 09:58
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First of all, we need to take measures to stop the current decrease, Acting Deputy Governor Maria Derunova told the Barents

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Putin announces Sunday he’s put nuclear deterrence forces on alert on Kola Peninsula

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022 at 09:45
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Dramatic escalation of the conflict on Sunday as President Vladimir Putin tells his defense minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of

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Finnish Army exercises inter-agency readiness

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 10:56
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With growing threat of hybrid operations, a wide range of stakeholders will train combat for protection of vital society functions

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Amid record Covid-19 cases in both countries, Norway ends mandatory entry quarantine for travelers from Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 12:05
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Cross-border shopping and leisure travel could again get a boost after nearly two years of practically closed border for normal

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Deep freeze in Arctic Europe sends power prices soaring

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 29, 2021 at 09:40
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Exceptional cold is affecting northern Scandinavia and Russia’s Kola Peninsula with temperatures below -30°. On the Finnmark plateau, between Kautokeino

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Norwegian army starts training with anti-tank mines near Russia border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 13:45
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A closed open-pit mine 2,5 kilometers from the border to Russia’s heavily militarized Kola Peninsula is this week serving as

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Ten percent of population on Russia’s Kola Peninsula has been infected with COVID-19

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 13, 2021 at 09:54
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Murmansk region on Monday reached the mark of 70,000 cases as the number of new infections remains high. 143 new

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Norway & Russia update agreement to avoid dangerous aircraft, warship encounters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 09:33
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Increased military activities up north by both nations make it important to have good mechanisms to ensure that episodes do

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Except for military towns, Russian North sees sharp decline in population

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 10:01
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The region of Murmansk in 2020 had a more than 1,1 percent drop in its population. But several of the

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Russia’s Northern Fleet kicks off major exercise

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 08:46
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NATO aircraft are in the skies over the Barents Sea watching as nuclear- and diesel submarines, surface warships, support vessels

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Is this Russia’s new coastal base for the ‘doomsday nuke’ drones?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:33
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Vladimir Putin’s Russia is indeed serious about deploying a new leg to its nuclear triad, the unmanned underwater nuclear-powered Poseidon.

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Russian military land could become site for new Arctic container port

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 17:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 18:03
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Land and property issues were high on the agenda when Murmansk Governor Andrey Chibis on Monday met with Russian Deputy

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Russia’s Murmansk region counts more COVID-19 cases than neighboring Norway or Finland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 16:43
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2,299 cases are counted at Belokamenka, Novatek’s huge construction site by the Kola Bay, but the majority of cases, 7,492,

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