Scorching heat, melting ice, forests ablaze: Why the Arctic needs Azerbaijan
With temperatures in the 30s as we head into September here in Germany, it’s hard not to worry about the
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Russia
Increased risk of Russian sabotage on Swedish soil: intelligence service
The risk of Russian acts of sabotage on Swedish soil and other security-threatening activities has increased, according to Sweden’s intelligence
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Tighter sanctions target Nornickel as pressure mounts
More than ten companies associated with the Russian mining and metallurgy giant are included in the U.S list of sanctions.
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Pilots fear fuel shortages amid sudden airspace closures in Russia’s North
Drone attacks north to the Kola Peninsula have several times in the last few weeks caused aviation authorities to shut
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Sister ships of NewNew Polar Bear headed for Europe
Authorities in Beijing admit that the container carrier in 2023 damaged the Balticconnector pipeline in the Gulf of Finland. At
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Kola wildfire smoke drift into Nordic neighbours
Fires on dry peat bogs at several locations west of Murmansk on Russia’s Barents Sea coast continue to send smoke
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BLOG: Long forgotten, these Soviet satellites once linked the Arctic to Moscow
Recently, I wrote about the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, which will provide high-speed internet to military and government customers across
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Russian forest fire smoke drifts into Finnish Lapland
Emergency services have received reports of smoke in the region over the past few days. Smoke from a large forest
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Dense sea ice in the High Arctic could threaten shipping
By Elizaveta Vereykina There are major volumes of sea-ice in Russian east Arctic waters and oil tankers could have difficulty
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Mayor wants to tear down Russian-initiated war monuments
“I want them removed as they are misused by sympathisers and Russian authorities,” says Vardø Mayor Tor-Erik Labahå. The two
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Russia prisoner swap includes Tromsø university attendee Mikushin
The prisoner exchange between the West and Russia includes Mikhail Mikushin, the GRU affiliated charged with espionage in Norway. He
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Increase in Russia-Norway border crossings
Traffic was up 22,7% in July compared with June, despite Norway’s decision this spring to deny entry for Russian citizens
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Moscow’s Arctic policy is corrupt and based on lies says exiled energy expert
Mikhail Krutikhin argues that several of the major industrial projects currently under development in the Russian Arctic are nothing but
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Russian navy starts major drills involving most of its fleet
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly Russia’s navy began planned exercises involving most of its fleet in the Arctic and
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55 Russian indigenous, regional and ethno groups labeled as extremists
“The repressive machine is gathering momentum. The methods of persecution against indigenous rights activists are intensifying,” says the International committee
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