Critical workforce shortage grips Russia’s North
Russia, especially its “depressed” regions, is suffering from a labor shortage. The decline in the workforce is evidenced by both
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Close call incident in a nuclear-powered ship in Murmansk
The fire brigade in Murmansk quickly extinguished the blaze that broke out on the 24th of December in a cabin
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First train crosses new bridge to western side of Kola Bay in Arctic Russia
It is a historical moment for Murmansk, regional governor Andrei Chibis underlined as Vladimir Putin declared the new infrastructure object
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Norway nixes border surveillance helicopter despite Murmansk migrant queues
Despite hundreds of migrants queuing up in the Murmansk region with a strong will to make it to Europe, Norwegian
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Novatek confirms building of gas pipeline to Murmansk
The 1,300 km long pipeline will provide natural gas to households in Murmansk and Karelia and supply a new LNG
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Nuclear waste ship makes unprecedented port call at Novaya Zemlya
“I am deeply worried if Russia has started to move nuclear waste from the Kola Peninsula to the Arctic archipelago,”
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Major energy project in Arctic being lobbied by natural gas company Novatek
Vladimir Putin summons key energy industry representatives to a meeting on the construction of a 1,300 km long gas pipeline
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Putin cancels meeting with military leaders in Arctic
The president’s planned visit to Severomorsk, the Northern Fleet headquarters, was reportedly cancelled due to “bad weather.” Vladimir Putin’s visit
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Russia kicks off strategic aviation exercise over the Barents Sea ahead of next week’s NATO Summit
A large area from the eastern Barents Sea to the Ural Mountains is now closed off for civilian aviation as
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Wagner Group continues recruiting in Murmansk in Arctic Russia
By Atle Staalesen and Georgii Chentemirov Despite Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup, his mercenary group has not halted its efforts to
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Chinese investors could finance Murmansk LNG
Leader of natural gas company Novatek pushes for tax benefits for Chinese companies investing in the Russian Arctic. According to
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Unique Russian-Norwegian medical evacuation in the High Arctic
Flying out of Longyearbyen, the medical evac chopper safely picked up a crew member from the Arctic research vessel “Severny
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Novatek mulls 1,300 km pipeline to LNG plant in Murmansk
The natural gas company intends to build a major natural gas plant in the Kola Peninsula that will be connected
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Belarus sends prime minister and military leaders to Murmansk
At the same time as Moscow deployed nuclear weapons in Belarus, top delegations from Minsk arrived in the far northern
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Murmansk’s population drops by 7,000 in a year
The brutal demographic figures for Russia’s Kola Peninsula continue sharp down. The population is nearly halved over the last three
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