Abandoned military airport in Arctic Russia will be reconstructed
As part of a major upgrade of Northern Fleet airstrips in the European Arctic, the Severomorsk-2 that was shut down
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Northern Fleet attacks Ukraine, but no spillover impact on the Arctic
Three large assault landing ships from Severomorsk attack Ukraine with soldiers and amphibious vehicles from the 61st Naval Infantry Brigade.
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Russia showed “more caution and restraint” in Arctic over past 18 months, says Norwegian intelligence
A stable Arctic is in Russia’s own interest despite distrust and growing tensions. The powerful Northern Fleet has not acted
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Northern Fleet stages war games to protect Arctic shipping
The Barents Sea naval exercise will train coordinated combat actions between ships, submarines, aircraft, air defense units and garrisons of
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Russia’s Northern Fleet exercise area overlaps into Norway’s EEZ amid Europe tensions
Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) alert warnings show the scoop of actions with naval weapons in the Barents Sea for the
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Norway & Russia update agreement to avoid dangerous aircraft, warship encounters
Increased military activities up north by both nations make it important to have good mechanisms to ensure that episodes do
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Except for military towns, Russian North sees sharp decline in population
The region of Murmansk in 2020 had a more than 1,1 percent drop in its population. But several of the
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Russia’s FM spokesperson calls Norway’s military deal with U.S. “provocative”
Oslo follows a deliberate and destructive line towards aggravating tensions in the Euro-Arctic region, and destroying Russian-Norwegian relations, the spokeswomen
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Is this Russia’s new coastal base for the ‘doomsday nuke’ drones?
Vladimir Putin’s Russia is indeed serious about deploying a new leg to its nuclear triad, the unmanned underwater nuclear-powered Poseidon.
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Russia’s Northern Fleet begins 2nd stage of COVID-19 vaccination
Russian military medics have begun the second stage of vaccination of the Northern Fleet personnel, defence officials announced Thursday. Thousands
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Russia’s Northern Fleet prepares Arctic deployment of hypersonic Kinzhal missile
Training of personnel and building of infrastructure for the new weapon starts in 2021, Russian military representatives say. A decision
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Northern Fleet Commander says Zapad-2021 will be next year’s ‘main effort’
Part of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus will take place in the area
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Russia’s Northern fleet to perform drills in Barents Sea
The surprise exercise was announced on the 17th July and is reported to include up to 150,000 soldiers in the
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Russia’s Northern Fleet Commander announces war games outside Norway
With short notice, the Russian Northern Fleet announces via its own media a large-scale exercise to happen later this month
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Russian vessels fired cruise missiles in Norwegian Sea as part of training
Two big naval vessels from the Northern Fleet trained combat against enemy aircrafts off the Norwegian coast. It was the
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