Finnish grave hunter brings over 100 war dead home from Russia for burial
A Finnish man has brought back the remains of more than 100 fallen soldiers from Russian territory to be laid
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Anniversary voyage 40 years after icebreaker «Arktika» reached the North Pole
On August 17, 1977, nuclear powered icebreaker «Arktika» became the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. More than
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Russian Patriarch pays tribute to Arctic Gulag victims
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church pays tribute to Gulag victims in Vorkuta. During his visit to the Komi
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Novaya Zemlya: From nuke testing to lead-zinc mining in Russian Arctic
A Rosatom owned mining company will start production of lead and zinc ores on the southern part of Novaya Zemlya
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Norway: Sami voices not heard in Finnmark liberation ceremony
On the day where messages of thanks and remembrance are flying fast between the Norwegian and Russian peoples gathered in
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Sweden continues search for suspected foreign submarine
The on-going hunt for a suspected foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago has evoked memories of the Cold War when
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KGB archives set to open up to Finnish researchers
How did the Soviet Union affect president Urho Kekkonen’s career? Why was the Porkkala peninsula handed back to Finland early?
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Russia to reopen Soviet-era Arctic military base
Russia is reopening a Soviet-era military base in the Arctic, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, part of a drive to make
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