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The new Arctica hosts a four-star hotel with 186 rooms and a major business center. (Thomas Nilsen / Barents Observer)
Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Hotel in Arctic Russia comes back to life after major facelift

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 19, 2014 at 19:53 — Last Updated: Monday, September 22, 2014 at 20:57
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After five years of renovation, the Murmansk landmark hotel reopens its doors. The owner of the building, the Azimut Hotel

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Map of the four areas Rigzone identifies as important areas of Arctic oil and gas investment. Norway, Russian Arctic shelf, sub-Arctic Russia, and northeastern Canada.
Blog Business Russia Special Features 

Blog: Oil companies push ahead with plans in Russia and Canada while sidelined in the U.S.

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2014 at 13:53
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Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that more crude oil is being sent by sea and inland waterways

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Les militants ont nié avoir commis des actes de piraterie, accusant la Russie d'avoir pris illégalement d'assaut leur bateau dans les eaux internationales. (Greenpeace)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

No basis for Greenpeace piracy charges says Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, September 30, 2013 at 08:50
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  Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Erkki Tuomioja, has said that Finland will continue to offer support to the Finnish

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A crew member keeps watch aboard a Russian coast guard boat, left, as the Greenpeace ship 'Arctic Sunrise', right, is anchored next to it, in a small bay near Severomorsk, Russia. (The Associated Press)
Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Greenpeace activists face Russian piracy charges

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 11:48
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  Russian investigators said Tuesday that they will file piracy charges against Greenpeace activists who tried to climb onto an

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(Will Rose / AFP)
Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish consul headed for Greenpeace vessel

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 11:05
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Russian authorities are permitting a group of foreign consulate representatives aboard a Netherlands-registered Greenpeace ship being towed to Murmansk. One

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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