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Mobilized Russian reservists get combat training along border to NATO

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 11:11
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Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, mobilized men are sent to training facilities in Pechenga, the Russian border region to Norway.

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Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway boosts defense spendings with priority up north

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 09:41
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“We are strengthening facilities for the reception of, and training with, allied forces in northern Norway,” says Defense Minister Bjørn

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Northern Fleet sabotage-reconnaissance group eliminated, claims Ukraine Intelligence

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 10:17
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It is the Defense Intelligence Agency of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense that posted the information via its Telegram channel on Monday. The

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Training sees 40 new Russian tanks rumble along the border to Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 09:24
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The potent Russian forces deployed in the Pechenga region have brought their full force of new Arctic T-80BVM tanks to

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Ten percent of population on Russia’s Kola Peninsula has been infected with COVID-19

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 13, 2021 at 09:54
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Murmansk region on Monday reached the mark of 70,000 cases as the number of new infections remains high. 143 new

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General Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Would closing a nickel plant spell doom for the town of Nikel, Arctic Russia?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 10:00
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The toxic smoke that for decades has embraced the borderlands between Russia and Norway might soon vanish. It will help

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Russian miners dig deeper into vast Kola nickel reserve

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:59
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The resources of the Zhdanovskoye field remain huge in Northwestern Russia, but mining company Kola MMC needs to go increasingly

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia: Tougher measures against extremism and terrorism needed on Norway and Finland borders

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 10:27
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Inspectors from the regional Prosecutor’s Office conclude that local authorities in Pechenga must take tougher measures against extremism and terrorism.

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Putin signs law easing cross-border cooperation with Norway and Finland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 31, 2017 at 13:48 — Last Updated: Monday, July 31, 2017 at 13:49
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Russian border municipalities, like Pechenga on the Kola Peninsula, can now conclude agreements with Norway and Finland. If Moscow agrees.

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Russia: Murmansk takes measures to protect borderland peninsula

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 17, 2014 at 16:12 — Last Updated: Monday, November 17, 2014 at 21:35
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Coastal areas between Russia and Norway will be included in a new natural park, aimed at protecting local nature and

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