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Murmansk

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

Chinese investors could finance Murmansk LNG

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 9, 2023 at 12:02
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Leader of natural gas company Novatek pushes for tax benefits for Chinese companies investing in the Russian Arctic. According to

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* Newsroom Picks * News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society Society (Norway) 

Unique Russian-Norwegian medical evacuation in the High Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 09:56 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 10:39
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Flying out of Longyearbyen, the medical evac chopper safely picked up a crew member from the Arctic research vessel “Severny

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Novatek mulls 1,300 km pipeline to LNG plant in Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 11:00
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The natural gas company intends to build a major natural gas plant in the Kola Peninsula that will be connected

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

Belarus sends prime minister and military leaders to Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 2, 2023 at 12:17
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At the same time as Moscow deployed nuclear weapons in Belarus, top delegations from Minsk arrived in the far northern

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

Murmansk’s population drops by 7,000 in a year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 15, 2023 at 11:46
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The brutal demographic figures for Russia’s Kola Peninsula continue sharp down. The population is nearly halved over the last three

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Russia expels 10 Norwegian diplomats in mirror move

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 10:52
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Retaliation, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow argues as they today handed over the list of ten names of Norwegian diplomats

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Last Norwegian businessmen in Murmansk mum on customers

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 20, 2023 at 11:35
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Olen Betong Murmansk AS, a fully Norwegian-owned company, posted a net profit of 5,4 million Norwegian kroner, but Director Atle

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Business Business (Russia) 

Construction starts at new Murmansk LNG hub

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 09:54
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War and international sanctions notwithstanding, the Russian natural gas company forges ahead with the development of its grand Arctic projects.

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Society Society (Norway) 

Last Schengen land-border open for Russian tourists sees 33 percent increase in traffic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:40
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Due to the restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the numbers for this January are not comparable with previous years. Russia

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

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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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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