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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Russia expels 10 Norwegian diplomats in mirror move
Retaliation, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow argues as they today handed over the list of ten names of Norwegian diplomats
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Last Norwegian businessmen in Murmansk mum on customers
Olen Betong Murmansk AS, a fully Norwegian-owned company, posted a net profit of 5,4 million Norwegian kroner, but Director Atle
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Construction starts at new Murmansk LNG hub
War and international sanctions notwithstanding, the Russian natural gas company forges ahead with the development of its grand Arctic projects.
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Last Schengen land-border open for Russian tourists sees 33 percent increase in traffic
Due to the restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the numbers for this January are not comparable with previous years. Russia
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Finland closes Murmansk consulate office
Three decades of Finnish diplomatic presence come to an end in Russia’s largest city inside the Arctic Circle. It has
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More Russian Arctic oil via Murmansk redirects to India
The“Surgut” is one of the supertankers loaded with crude oil from Murmansk now sailing past Europe and instead heading to
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