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Monchegorsk

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Major fire at Russia’s largest nickel electrolysis workshop

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 10:25 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 15:43
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 25, 2022 at 14:44
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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

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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Population in northwest Russia continues to slide

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 14:16
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 09:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:51
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:59
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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

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 09:19
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Murmansk, the largest city in the entire Arctic, is having a makeover. At the restaurant on the top floor of

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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