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Northern Fleet stages war games to protect Arctic shipping

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 13:18
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 21, 2022 at 09:09
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 09:33
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 10:01
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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”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 3, 2021 at 09:54
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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?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:33
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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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Politics (Russia) RCI Russia 

Russia’s Northern Fleet begins 2nd stage of COVID-19 vaccination

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 15:00
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 10:45
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Training of personnel and building of infrastructure for the new weapon starts in 2021, Russian military representatives say. A decision

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Politics (Russia) Russia 

Northern Fleet Commander says Zapad-2021 will be next year’s ‘main effort’

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:00 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:21
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 14:07
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 15:38
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2020 at 11:43
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Two big naval vessels from the Northern Fleet trained combat against enemy aircrafts off the Norwegian coast. It was the

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Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill: Norwegian intel

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 11:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 10:07
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At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia last week, the

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Walruses attack, sink small navy craft in Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 13:07 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 15:36
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Expedition participants from the Northern Fleet and Russian Geographical Society all managed to get to shore after their landing boat

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As Russia launches war games, Northern Fleet troops advance in the High Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 16:04 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 16:08
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Troops from the Northern Fleet boast Russia’s reenforced presence in the High Arctic as they stage major military drills on

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