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Arctic Russia: Murmansk Shipping Company loses control over its only passenger line

17 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, Murmansk Shipping Company, Russia

The Murmansk Shipping Company is no longer capable of operating the 42 year old liner that serves isolated settlements along

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Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site

16 July 201917 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, energy, Gazprom, Kara Sea, Murmansk, Novatek, offshore drilling, oil, Rosneft, Russia

A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a

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Murmansk supports building new road connection to Finland

28 June 201928 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, Kovdor, Murmansk, roads, Savukoski

Cross-border traffic and trade are down, but regional authorities in Murmansk still want to build a new road and border-crossing

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Video – Inside Russia’s rapid Arctic expansion

20 June 201921 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments defence, energy, gas, icebreakers, indigenous, Infrastructure, LNG, military, Murmansk, Nenets, Nikel, reindeer, Sami, Yamal peninsula

Russia is rapidly expanding its economic and military presence in the Arctic. The country’s ambitions are bringing changes to the

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Russia to replace sunken floating dock in Murmansk

28 May 201928 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments admiral kuznetsov, defence, military, Murmansk, Northern Fleet, Roslyakovo, Russian Navy

The new drydock will replace the floating dry dock that last year sunk into the Arctic waters of the Kola

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Arctic Russia: Military towns growing while overall population slides

23 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, demographics, military, Murmansk, population

The population of Murmansk is shrinking to a historical low. Only the Northern Fleet garrisons see new people moving in.

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Work begins to remove nuclear waste from old Russian ship in Murmansk

23 May 201923 May 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Lepse, Murmansk, nuclear, nuclear waste, ships

The compartment with hundreds of partly damaged spent fuel elements is taken into a shelter to minimize the risk in

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Coal businesses sign deal for giant terminal in northwest Russia

24 April 201924 April 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, Infrastructure, Murmansk, shipping

In two years time, up to 18 million tons of coal will be shipped out from the new Lavna terminal

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Population in northwest Russia continues to slide

3 April 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Apatity, depopulation, Kola Peninsula, Monchegorsk, Murmansk

There are now less than three quarter of a million people living on the Kola Peninsula. By beginning of 2019,

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Norwegian trawler arrested in northwest Russia for illegal fishing

27 March 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, fishing, justice, Murmansk

The Arctic Swan was fishing off the coast of the Kola Peninsula when it was detained by the Russian Coast

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Nuclear icebreaker operations should be moved away from Murmansk, safety expert says

13 March 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments icebreakers, Murmansk, Northern Sea Route, nuclear icebreakers, nuclear waste, Rosatomflot

Rosatomflot’s service base is not sized for all the planned new nuclear-powered icebreakers, says Andrey Zolotkov, who previously worked as

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Murmansk-based Arctic situation center to improve Northern Sea Route management

21 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic situation center, Murmansk, Northern Sea Route, Northern Sea Route Directorate, Rosatom, shipping

The Arctic situation center will monitor and regulate ship traffic on the Northern Sea Route. The new center will replace

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Chechnya tourism info center to open in Murmansk

18 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Chechnya, Murmansk, tourism, travel

A tourism information center supported by Chechen authorities is due to open in downtown Murmansk, northwest Russia. The Visit Chechnya

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Authorities in northwest Russia move to protect wild reindeer

18 February 201918 February 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments endangered species, hunting, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, reindeer, wildlife

Murmansk regional authorities want a permanent ban on hunting. Wild reindeer on the central and eastern part of the Kola

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Investors working to build coal terminal in Murmansk

15 February 201915 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, energy, Lavna, Murmansk, port, rail, shipping

New investors join efforts in the projected Lavna coal terminal in Murmansk. The State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) has struck

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