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Russia’s Arctic Nenets Autonomous Okrug only region to vote against Putin’s constitutional reform

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 12:57
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Accusations of massive fraud and vote rigging notwithstanding, President Vladimir Putin secured a comfortable win in Wednesday’s referendum on constitutional

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Norway’s celebration of Svalbard Treaty was followed by ardent and coordinated response from Moscow media

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 10:03 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 14:34
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It was the letter sent by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Søreide on the 4th February this

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Two Chinese rigs prepare for drilling in Russian Arctic waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2020 at 11:06
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One of the world’s biggest heavy loads vessel on 17th June sailed into the Kola Bay with two rigs on

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Russian investor breathes new life in major Arctic coal project

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2020 at 14:41
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Roman Trotsenko on the 18th June formalized the acquisition of 75 percent of shares in the Arctic Mining Company and

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Norway proposes to open 125 new oil exploration blocks in the Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 12:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 12:42
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Environmentalists in Norway didn’t believe what they read when the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on June 24 presented suggestion for

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The city that builds Russia’s nuclear submarines now has more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 14:30
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The building of nuclear subs and other naval vessels takes no break despite the increasingly serious virus situation in Severodvinsk.

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Mass vaccination is underway on Russia’s Yamal tundra

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at 09:30
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The world’s biggest reindeer population is up for big vaccination as regional authorities in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug act to

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Train traffic resumes in Russian Arctic as Murmansk reconnects with grid

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 11:40 — Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 16:08
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Regional Governor Andrey Chibis on Friday 19th June announced that a bypass connection had successfully been completed and that trains

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Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten reframes 500-guests ships for year-round expedition cruises

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 at 12:46 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 14:39
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With about 20% market share, Hurtigruten is already the largest among expedition cruise operators in northern waters. From January 2021,

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Geopolitics is changing as U.S. B-2s again flies Arctic mission together with Norwegian F-35s

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 at 11:40
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Two B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers were Thursday flying from an airbase in Missouri across the North Atlantic to the

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Over 100 million cubic meters of sea bottom removed for natural gas project in Russian Arctic bay

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 12:51
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Never before has the Arctic seen an industrial expansion of this magnitude. In only few years, volumes of extracted hydrocarbons

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Sami in Sweden start work on structure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 08:36
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The Swedish government announced 1.2 million Swedish kroner (approximately $170,00 CDN) this month for the Sami Paliament to begin laying

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78-years old former Russian navy captain, now professor on Arctic, accused of working for Chinese intelligence

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 13:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 13:45
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It was February 11 and professor Valery Mitko was at sleep when the doorbell began to rang at seven o’clock

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All Russia’s North Pole cruises rescheduled to 2021

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 10:01 — Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 12:09
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Tour operator Poseidon Expeditions is now reaching out to travel partners and guests with reservations for the tours from Murmansk

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Blog – Summer 2020: When the unprecedented becomes the precedent

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 09:26
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It’s raining. I’m delighted. A strange response from a Scot who has fled the damp British climate. I write this

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