Putin nationalizes Arctic petroleum shipments
Only Russian vessels will soon be allowed to ship oil and gas along the Northern Sea Route. In Thursday’s meeting
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Challenges ahead for electric car chargers along Europe’s northernmost highway
Bellona teams up with regional authorities to see how and where charger should come between Murmansk and the border to
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Airline companies merge in Arctic Russia
The two leading airliners in Northwest Russia, the Nordavia and Red Wings, are becoming one company. «The goal of the
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Russia launches new nuclear icebreaker
Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg on Friday launched the second of the new generation powerful icebreakers aimed for the Northern
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‘Time for new buildings’: Norway border police faces rise in traffic from Russia
14% more border-crossings at Storskog in August compared with the same month 2016. This was the 13th month in a
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Less traffic at northern border between Finland and Russia
Finnish Border Guard reports a 1% slip in traffic between Murmansk region and Lapland in second quarter. It is less
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Russia announces daily flights from Murmansk to Tromsø, Norway
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed Norway that Orenburzhye airlines is ready to start flights. Aviation authorities at Tromsø
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Anniversary voyage 40 years after icebreaker «Arktika» reached the North Pole
On August 17, 1977, nuclear powered icebreaker «Arktika» became the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. More than
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Russia’s sole aircraft carrier to get €657M overhaul
Russia will be without any aircraft carrier until late 2020 as repair work on «Admiral Kuznetsov» starts after summer. TASS
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FSB infiltrated political party Parnas in attempt to discredit Norway : former party leader
Leader of the regional party office in Murmansk, Andrey Kapitonov, was recruited by Russian agents as part of a plot
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Aquaculture is back in northwestern Russia
The region’s biggest salmon farmer in 2016 increased volumes by 136 percent. After a series of scandals and big losses,
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Russia aims for «Barents Davos» forum in country’s Arctic capital
First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov with fresh initiative for the 25th anniversary of the Barents Cooperation. «We will not
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Happy Anniversary, Murmansk!
“With selfless and devoted labour you created this steadfast Arctic outpost,” President Vladimir Putin told the people of Murmansk as
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How did the Russian Arctic vote?
Voter turnout and support for the United Russia is biggest in the Yamal-Nenets region. Like in the rest of the
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United Russia wins elections in Russia’s western Arctic
The United Russia wins 39,3 percent of the votes in regional parliament elections in Murmansk, a significant increase compared with
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