Train traffic resumes in Russian Arctic as Murmansk reconnects with grid
Regional Governor Andrey Chibis on Friday 19th June announced that a bypass connection had successfully been completed and that trains
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All Russia’s North Pole cruises rescheduled to 2021
Tour operator Poseidon Expeditions is now reaching out to travel partners and guests with reservations for the tours from Murmansk
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Russian military engineering troops sent to restore Murmansk railway connection
It was in early June the railway bridge across the Kola River collapsed as the spring flood destroyed one of the pillars
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Almost 2,000 workers have contracted COVID-19 at this Russian Arctic construction site
A big cruise vessel has anchored up along the banks of the Kola Bay as the number of infected workers
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Risking death for Arctic gas? Northern Russia construction site becomes COVID-19 hotbed
Dramatic increase with 192 new cases confirmed on Friday and another 105 on Saturday in the district of Novatek’s construction
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Novatek construction site faces fastest growing coronavirus outbreak in northern Russia
Work continues at Novatek’s construction site north of Murmansk where thousands of fly-in, fly-out employees share cramped space in barracks.
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Coronavirus: Russia hints it might close its border with Norway, Finland
Cases of coronavirus have been revealed at our neighbors, governor of the north Russian region explains. “I beg all inhabitants
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Russian mother who lost son in army wins case at European Court of Justice
The Human Rights Court in Strasbourg concludes that the Russian Military failed to investigate properly the death of Konstantin Luzyanin
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Concern over coronavirus outbreak impacts tourism in northern Europe and Arctic Russia
First coronavirus case in northern Finland triggers big headlines. In Murmansk, incoming tourists are expected to be down 80 percent
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Russian coast guard receives new ice strengthened patrol vessel
The “Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky” will improve search- and rescue capabilities in Russia’s western Arctic region The vessel arrived to Murmansk this week and
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Russian security agency to build another building in Murmansk
The decision to build one more office complex for the security service comes only three years after the Stalin-styled new
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Aging smelter near Russia-Norway border will be closed, company says
Nornickel and regional authorities in Murmansk have signed agreement on how to collaborate on retraining and restructuring for the 800
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How Murmansk government plans to attract newcomers and reverse regional decline
“We need 200,000 newcomers to compensate for natural population decline in the region over the coming decade,” she says. Depopulation
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Reloading facility in northwest Russia to help Arctic LNG reach global markets
A ship-to-ship reloading facility by the island of Kildin is getting ready to handle 300 meter long Arctic shuttle tankers.
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Cancelled Norwegian cruises to Arctic Russia: competitor denies any involvement
“I can say without reservation that neither I nor anyone else at Poseidon Expeditions had any contact with officials at
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