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Tighter export restrictions on electronics, but not all Russian fishing vessels are checked

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 6, 2023 at 14:37
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Russian fishing vessels making port calls to Northern Norway could be loopholes to bypass sanctions and export controls. “Under the

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Russia sends year’s first vessel east on Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 20, 2022 at 09:42
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Russia’s brand new icebreaker “Sibir” this week broke through the most icy parts of the Northern Sea Route. Western sanctions

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More icebreakers coming to aid Russian Arctic ships in need

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 16:02
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The Arktika on the 30th of November left St.Petersburg where it has undergone technical upgrades, and is due to arrive

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Russian oil companies forge ahead with new plans saying projects are green and environmentally friendly

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 12, 2021 at 08:08
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They are among the world’s biggest climate gas emitters. And they are trying to justify their huge new oil and

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Ships set out on trans-Arctic voyage as spring comes to Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 09:22
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Accompanied by nuclear powered icebreaker Yamal, LNG carrier Nikolay Urvantsev moves eastwards in this year’s first transit shipment on the

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Moscow wants new connection to Arctic coast, revives plans for a railway to Sabetta

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 11, 2021 at 08:55
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Following Putin’s highlighting of the Northern Latitudinal Passage in his recent address to the nation, the major railway project might

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Russian transport minister says Northern Sea Route a step closer to year-round passage

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 18, 2021 at 15:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:40
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The sailing of LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie across the Russian Arctic seaway in mid January shows that shipping on

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Latest LNG carrier arrives in Arctic Russian port, marks completion of tanker fleet

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 16:44
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The «Yakov Gakkel» in late November sailed into the Kara Sea with course for the Sabetta LNG terminal in Yamal.

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A file photo of liquefied natural gas reservoirs in the port of Sabetta on the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2500 km of Moscow.
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Putin wants new rail link between Arctic coast and Indian Ocean

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 14:21 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 12:06
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The construction of a railway line to Sabetta is what is needed, the Russian president argues. It was Asia and

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Russian grains to reach Japan via Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 16:29
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It could open a new window to Asia, a regional governor in Siberia argues. The region of Omsk in 2018

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Novatek announces third LNG project in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 11:29 — Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2019 at 15:00
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The Ob LNG will be developed exclusively with Russian technology. As if in a great rush to develop its Arctic

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Arctic LNG shipments: Russia’s Deputy PM supports exemptions for Novatek

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 8, 2019 at 13:33
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Novatek must be allowed to continue LNG shipping with foreign-built tankers, Yuri Trutnev says. Natural gas company Novatek is calling

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Longread — Russia’s quest for Arctic resources unhindered by climate crisis

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 15:40
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Regional authorities in the Yamal-Nenets region, in Arctic Russia, are aware of the potential devastating consequences of climate change, but

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Boom times for Russia’s Arctic ports

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 11:57 — Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 12:59
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Goods volumes in Sabetta increased by more than 130 percent and Murmansk had its best year ever. Goods volumes across

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New icebreaking tankers sailing through Russia’s thick Arctic ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 11:21 — Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 12:13
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Two ships are on their way from China and South Korea and will have to break through up to 2

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