Blog: Arctic Circle—The outside world keeps walking in
This year’s Arctic Circle Assembly was a near-return to normal operations following previous postponements and restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the event could hardly
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Russia
Isolated Russia seeks way out through Arctic waters
With export corridors under pressure, Russia should look towards the Northern Sea Route, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak says. “With
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Blog: A NATO admiral, Chinese diplomat, & Faroese metal band walk into a concert hall
Arctic Circle 2022 gathered sans Russians but with a NATO admiral, Chinese officials, and a Faroese metal band, proving that
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Norway, Russia seal deal on fish quotas amid growing tensions
Cod quotas for 2023 will be 20% lower, a decision made on recommendations from marine researchers in the two countries.
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Tromso terminates friendship agreements with Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Nadym
Mayor Wilhelmsen, together with politicians from other parties in northern Norway’s largest city, announced in a letter published in Nordlys that a
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Hybrid threat researcher detained in Tromsø on suspicion of being Russian agent
Norwegian police believe the man, who says he is Brazilian, in reality, is an undercover Russian agent. The plot is
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U.S. Senate candidates agree they want to protect Arctic Alaska from Russia
With Russian President Vladimir Putin at war with the West in Ukraine, the need to protect Arctic Alaska from foreign
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Arctic Norwegian border town warns against ‘isolationist policy’ towards Russia
Political leaders in Kirkenes criticize the local Head of Police following her call to close north Norwegian seaports for Russian
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Canada needs ‘goals, a plan and resources’ for Arctic, says expert
By Dylan Robertson · The Canadian Press ‘Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine has made this co-operation in the Arctic virtually impossible’ Canada’s
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Norwegian police detain son of close Putin ally for flying drone at Svalbard
Police in Finnmark on Monday arrested 47-year-old Andrey Yakunin in Hammerfest, accused of flying a drone at Svalbard and possibly
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Russia, China could challenge Canada’s ‘tenuous hold’ in Arctic, says top soldier
Gen. Wayne Eyre said that while the threat isn’t immediate, it’s out there Canada’s hold on the outer reaches of
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Four Russians arrested in Norway on suspicion of photographing secret object
For the third time in a week, police in northern Norway have detained Russian citizens for illegal photographing. It was
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Russian drone pilot detained on border to Norway
A Russian citizen has been detained on the border crossing point of Storskog after police found two drones in his
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China, Russia among global priorities, including in Arctic, in U.S. security strategy
Out-competing China and constraining Russia, including in the Arctic, are among the global priorities laid out in the U.S. national
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Mobilized Russian reservists get combat training along border to NATO
Ahead of deployment in Ukraine, mobilized men are sent to training facilities in Pechenga, the Russian border region to Norway.
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