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Russian Navy building new supply depot for Arctic operations

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 15:34
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A military logistics center in Arkhangelsk is to handle millions of tons of goods destined troops and bases across the

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Are the Russian Navy’s modernization plans jeopardized by the sunken dock?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 14:29 — Last Updated: Friday, November 2, 2018 at 10:33
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Russia’s biggest dry docks might remain on the bottom of the Kola Bay. The 80,000-ton floating dry dock that, on

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Russia’s only aircraft carrier damaged as floating dock sinks

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 10:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 10:53
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One person is reported dead and Russia’s only aircraft carrier has been damaged as floating dry dock sinks into the

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Russia’s Northern Fleet drilled submarine hunt in Bering Strait

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 14:17
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As they sailed throughout the shallow waters separating Russia and the U.S.A., the ships lined up in battle formation and

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Russian navy boosting armament on northwestern bases, satellite images show

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:49 — Last Updated: Friday, September 21, 2018 at 15:39
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About 50 brand new reinforced large weapons bunkers are under construction at Okolnaya Bay just north of Severomorsk, on Russia’s

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Russia holds surprise drill in east Arctic ahead of giant war games

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 13:27 — Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2018 at 13:56
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A group of at least eight ships sails into east Arctic waters at the same time as a major unannounced

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Russia’s Northern Fleet works on increasing ties with Chinese Navy

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 10:29
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Last year, China and Russia had a joint naval exercise in the Baltic Sea. Now, possible practical forms of cooperation

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Russia upgrades Northern Fleet airbase

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 11:36
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The Severomorsk-1 is now able to handle the biggest and most heavy military transport planes, the Russian Navy says. The

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Russia’s Northern Fleet launches surprise, large-scale exercise in Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 11:20
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Russian navy kicks off largest naval maneuver in 10 years in a surprise exercise aimed to counter a massive enemy

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Russian rescue sub dives 500 meters during test run

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 11, 2018 at 12:40
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Russia’s Northern Fleet trains rescue diving northwest of Hammerfest, in Northern Norway. “At a depth of half a kilometre, the

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Russian sub test-fires largest volley of nuclear missiles since Cold War

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 12:30
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Never before have four Bulava missiles been launched from a single Borei-class submarine at the same time. The nuclear-powered submarine

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Major corruption case clouds Russian base projects in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 20, 2018 at 11:12
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Two men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in

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