Blog: Moving North – Arctic Frontiers in a changing world
Tromso is living up to its image as Norway’s Arctic capital, as I step off the plane into a flurry
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Russia
Lonely Lavrov invites Arctic colleagues to Siberia, but no one will come
It was late last fall Sergey Lavrov sent the official invitation for the bi-annual ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council.
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Norway hesitates on granting asylum to Russians fleeing army draft
Russian citizens applying for asylum in Norway was up from 13 in 2021 to 294 in 2022. Should Norway shelter
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Finnish Border Guard deploys surveillance drones, Norway not
The border guard is one of few army units in Norway not in possession of drones. With the mid-winter icy escape
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Captains battle thick sea ice in Arctic Russia, despite possible record warmth
Ship captains are battling with major volumes of sea-ice across the Russian far north. But the troubled navigation notwithstanding, temperature
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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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Russian Arctic LNG advances in European market
While deliveries of pipeline gas are dwindling, shipments of liquified natural gas from Russia’s far northern Yamal Peninsula to Europe
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Police in Arctic Norway say helicopter now needed for border surveillance
A former commander with the Kremlin-linked Wagner private military company fled across the border to Norway in dramatic circumstances last
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Russia grants funding for Arctic nuclear waste ship
Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed the decree granting 12,4 billion rubles to build a transport- and maintenance ship
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Sevmash delivers sixth Borei-class sub, launches the seventh
Russia significantly increased its modern naval nuclear forces on Thursday as one new Borei-A class submarine was handed over to
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Russia’s defense minister vows more troops near Nordic countries
New military bases will be created in the western regions, Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting Wednesday between top military
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Most expedition cruise liners exclude Russian Arctic
The war on Ukraine and geopolitical turbulence with concerns growing of further escalations of tensions with Russia have knock-on effects
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Putin orders FSB to step up border control
“The FSB Border Guard Service must step up its work,” the President said in his video-recorded message on Security Service
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Murmansk terminates sister city relations with Akureyri
Russia’s war aggression isolates the country’s largest Arctic city. Previously, the Nordic cities Luleå, Rovaniemi and Tromsø have all terminated
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Murmansk gets two new rescue helicopters for Arctic
Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations deploys two brand new Mi-8 helicopters to its Arctic rescue center on the Kola Peninsula.
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