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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland closes Murmansk consulate office

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 16:02
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Three decades of Finnish diplomatic presence come to an end in Russia’s largest city inside the Arctic Circle. It has

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More Russian Arctic oil via Murmansk redirects to India

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 9, 2022 at 11:24
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The“Surgut” is one of the supertankers loaded with crude oil from Murmansk now sailing past Europe and instead heading to

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics (Russia) RCI Russia 

New icebreaker has major importance for Northern Sea Route, says Rosatom

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 14:54 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 14:59
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The “Ural,” Russia’s third vessel of the powerful LK-60 class, makes its maiden voyage to its home port of Murmansk.

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

Tromso terminates friendship agreements with Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Nadym

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 08:37
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Mayor Wilhelmsen, together with politicians from other parties in northern Norway’s largest city, announced in a letter published in Nordlys that a

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

Mobilized Russian reservists get combat training along border to NATO

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 11:11
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Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, mobilized men are sent to training facilities in Pechenga, the Russian border region to Norway.

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Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Russia) 

Newly deployed nuke-bombers at Kola is certainly a signalling, expert says

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 3, 2022 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 09:43
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Recent satellite images show that Russia has deployed four Tu-160 and three Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers north to the Olenegorsk

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

FSB tightens control at Arctic exit route amid border closure rumours

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 09:35
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Crowds of young men fleeing from conscription are Tuesday morning heading towards Norway from Murmansk. Controls are intensified at Titovka

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Featured • Zone 2 Science Science (Canada) 

Picture from N.W.T. among winners of international astronomy photography competition

Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2022 at 15:49
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Taking photos of our universe is hard work, but the winners and contestants in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of

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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 to get sanctions-free shopping flight to Minsk

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 2022 at 15:50
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Belarus is becoming a popular vacation destination for people from the Russian north as sanctions limit the possibilities to travel

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

Murmansk gets comprehensive facial-recognition surveillance system

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 09:24
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Authorities call it the «Safe City project» – the 1,658 CCTV cameras that will be installed in the Murmansk region

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

Strengthen border to Nordic countries, says secretary of Russia’s Security Council

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 27, 2022 at 10:10 — Last Updated: Monday, June 27, 2022 at 10:16
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The protection of national interests in the border areas is gaining extraordinary importance, says Secretary of Russia’s Security Council. Relations

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

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

“Useless to continue regional diplomatic relations”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 10, 2022 at 11:47
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“The closure of the Consulate General is the final confirmation that end has come to a process that started in

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