Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun loses ground in international affairs
The Murmansk legislative assembly, the regional Duma, on March 12th, adopted a revision of the regional Charter, which ultimately might
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Russia’s Arctic platform to double oil production
By the year 2020, the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea will boost annual oil production to five million tons. It
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Northern Fleet submarine claims Russian record in undetected tracking of enemy sub
Filmed back in port at the naval base Gadzhiyevo north of Murmansk, crew member Aleksandr Brazgun tells to military TV
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister admits near-disaster involving nuclear weapons in 2011
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his state-of-the-nation speech on Thursday talking about nuclear weapons. With a clear message
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Putin wants a bigger, stronger, wealthier Russian Arctic
Delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to the parliament on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the importance of speeding up the
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Arctic Russia to get a military-themed amusement park
A military-themed amusement park is developed on an order from Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu and will include a shooting
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Russia wants cryptocurrency farms in Murmansk region
New cryptocurrency farms should be built in the Murmansk region where there is abundant electricity available at affordable prices, Kravchenko
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Russia-Finland trade gains momentum after years of decline
The Nordic country in 2017 boosted its imports from neighboring Russia by almost 40 percent. Also Finnish exports to Russia
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Murmansk and Arkhangelsk fail to attract foreign cruise vessels
A new 206-meters long quay and newly renovated port facilities in the central harbor of Murmansk will be far from
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Russian floating nuclear power plant to be towed through Arctic ice
The world’s first ever installation of its kind will be towed several thousand kilometers through Arctic ice before it reaches
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Aviation company considering a Murmansk-Oslo direct flight
Northern Russia could again be connected with Norway as Nordavia draws a new route map from Murmansk. Nordavia officials tell
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Nine million border-crossings between Finland and Russia
Boost in traffic at Finland’s northernmost checkpoint to the Kola Peninsula. More Russian citizens are traveling to Finland, especially in
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An international collaboration behind Russia’s second Arctic LNG project
Engineers from Italy, France, Germany and Norway are crucial for Novatek and its development of the Arctic LNG 2. It
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New terminal tanker arrives in Russian Kola Bay
The tanker named «Kola» found its permanent location near Cape Filinsky on December 17th, a site few kilometres from the
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Russia lacks space for Arctic nuclear fleet – will it get worse?
Atomflot service base north of Murmansk does not have enough berths to serve the fleet of new icebreakers under construction.
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