Major fire at Russia’s largest nickel electrolysis workshop
Black acrid smoke is drifting for several kilometers in Monchegorsk Wednesday morning caused by the fire at Nornickel’s factory. The
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Murmansk offers 100,000 rubles cash in recruitment campaign for Ukraine war
Governor Andrei Chibis takes a more active role in the Ukraine war and promises payment by signing to “Arctic patriots.”
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Ten percent of population on Russia’s Kola Peninsula has been infected with COVID-19
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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Population in northwest Russia continues to slide
There are now less than three quarter of a million people living on the Kola Peninsula. By beginning of 2019,
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Russian jets led mock attack on Arctic Norway radar, intel director says
Flying in attack formation, the group of Su-24 attack aircraft turned away just outside Norwegian airspace. The dramatic simulated attack
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Russian miners dig deeper into vast Kola nickel reserve
The resources of the Zhdanovskoye field remain huge in Northwestern Russia, but mining company Kola MMC needs to go increasingly
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Blog – Monchegorsk, Russia: a mining town with green aspirations
Murmansk, the largest city in the entire Arctic, is having a makeover. At the restaurant on the top floor of
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