Russia’s Northern Fleet issues missile NOTAM for Bear Gap
The impact areas are in the strategically important Bear Gap, the waters between mainland Norway and Svalbard where the shallow
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Moscow called Oslo “unfriendly.” Now, it has become “very unfriendly”
Norway is the only of Russia’s neighboring countries that is included in a list of states with a so-called unfriendly
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Icelandic embassy suspends operations in Moscow
Iceland suspended its embassy operations in Moscow on Tuesday, but said it will reevaluate the situation once it is able.
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Russian diplomat staged Navy Parade at Norway’s Svalbard archipelago
The world’s northernmost diplomat, GRU-affiliated Andrei Chemerilo, led the military-inspired small flotilla in the waters outside Barentsburg on Sunday. Five
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Sky-high Russian claim: Nature reserve demands NOK 47 million for Norwegian reindeer grazing on its territory
The Pasvik Nature Reserve in the Murmansk region demands 47 million Norwegian kroner (6,10 million) as compensation for the 40
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Russia : fuel spills in the Northern Dvina River of Arkhangelsk port
The slick is 4 km long and 500 meters wide, local authorities report. The Northern Dvina River flows into the
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Ship with Russian university students goes aground in remote archipelago Franz Josef Land
The vessel that was built at the Ukrainian Kherson Shipyard in 1975 got in trouble late evening 24th of July
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Floating LNG platform : big advance for Russia’s expansive Arctic industry
It was a historical moment for Novatek and the Russian natural gas industry. Six years after construction started on the
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Border official was offered a bribe to sneak illegal migrants across Russia-Norway frontier
The four Syrians never made it to the Norwegian side of the border. The bribery attempt took place in May
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Northern Fleet will not send nuclear sub to main Navy parade
Amid Baltic Sea NATO expansion and growing east-west mistrust, Russia has decided not to sail a nuclear-powered submarine from the
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New Arctic industry gives boost in icy shipments
Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers made a total of 435 ship escort operations in the first half of 2023. New industrial projects
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New submarine for Northern Fleet will be named “Mariupol”
Russia is about to start the building of six improved Kilo-class submarines for Arctic waters. They will all get their
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Moscow expels nine Finnish diplomates in retaliation move, closing St. Petersburg consulate
Russia’s Foreign Ministry called on the Finnish Ambassador and delivered a “strong protest” against the “confrontational anti-Russia policy” pursued by
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Northern premiers say Canada can’t have Arctic security without infrastructure
Arctic security is under renewed focus as Russia and China eye the region, but leaders in the North say Canada
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Oil company tried to cover up large Arctic oil spill
An estimated 1,000 tons of oil has leaked into nature after a pipe burst next to the Kolva River in
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