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Murmansk

* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

As gasoline crisis worsens, Russia boosts fuel imports through Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 13:19
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Over the past month, tankers have delivered more than 320,000 tonnes of foreign-made fuel to the northern Russian port of

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway’s King Harald V had long-standing interest in international affairs and the High North

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2026 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2026 at 10:29
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By Atle Staalesen and Thomas Nilsen King Harald V of Norway passed away in the morning on Friday 28 August.  King Harald

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Russia 

Container ships shuttling Arctic route between China and Russia carry car components, says Chinese shipper

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 12:52
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Amid growing trade between China and Russia, a Chinese business delegation visited Murmansk to inspect the local seaport. The visit

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Gasoline from Morocco remains stuck in Murmansk amid fuel crisis

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 17, 2026 at 09:00
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By Denis Zagore Fuel that arrived from Tangier two weeks ago has still not been unloaded because of a dispute over

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Gas reservoir tanks in front of mountains
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics (Russia) Russia 

New LNG terminal and reservoir park under construction in Kola Bay

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 3, 2026 at 08:51 — Last Updated: Monday, August 3, 2026 at 10:51
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The industrial facilities under construction across the bay from the Northern Fleet headquarters in Severomorsk are part of a new

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 1 General Russia 

Murmansk governor announces construction start for Kola NPP-2

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2026 at 15:53
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By Denis Zagore However, project operator Rosenergoatom has yet to announce the start of construction of the new nuclear power plant.

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian citizen detained in Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2026 at 11:49
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The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a man from Norway’s border region has been detained by Russian

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Politics (Russia) 

Russia expresses fury over memorial vandalism in Norwegian borderland, after monument repairs

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 11:16
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The Russian Embassy in Oslo has sent a diplomatic note to Norway’s Foreign Ministry condemning the desecration of a monument

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Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 

Murmansk trapped in coal dust

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2026 at 10:56
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A wind barrier at the coal harbour proved largely ineffective over the weekend, as a thick and persistent cloud of

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Featured • Zone 3 News 

Arctic oil hub tanker “disappears” from the map

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 13:17
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A 346-metre-long tanker that serves as a key hub for Russian Arctic oil exports has effectively “disappeared” from ship tracking

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Norway 

Soviet flag flies as first Murmansk passenger voyage reaches Svalbard

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2026 at 11:10
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A giant flag of the USSR – a state that collapsed 35 years ago – greeted the first passenger ship

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Governor inks deal with Chinese shipper, touts Murmansk as ‘Icy Silk Road’ hub

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 15:56 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 15:59
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Cooperation with the shipping company NewNew Shipping Line could give the region a key position in Chinese container shipping across

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

More than 75% of schools in Murmansk need major repair

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 11:22
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By Denis Zagore The heavily militarised region of Murmansk has 77% of its schools in dire need of renovation. Nevertheless, regional

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

UK sanctions halt floating repair dock for Russia’s nuclear icebreaker fleet

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 10:17
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The new 220-meter dock built in Turkey is now stranded in the Mediterranean after London two weeks ago sanctioned the

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Former energy minister charged for broken heating in naval infantry base Sputnik

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:40
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Aleksandr Kobytev was minister of energy and housing in Murmansk before he took over the lead of a regional utility

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