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Russia’s revised foreign policy document aims at “neutralization” of unfriendly action in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 12:03
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Russia’s place in the world has changed fundamentally since the country adopted its last Foreign Policy Framework Policy in 2016. Back

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Putin’s hope for Sarmat missile launch from Plesetsk failed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:27
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As Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced Russia suspending participation in the New START treaty, information appears that a long awaited

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Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Russia) 

Arctic oil-driller Gazprom Neft creates its own private military company

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 10:29
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Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on February 4 signed the order allowing Gazprom Neft to establish a private military company. The existence

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Lonely Lavrov invites Arctic colleagues to Siberia, but no one will come

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 09:08
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It was late last fall Sergey Lavrov sent the official invitation for the bi-annual ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council.

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Fleeing Russia, Andrei seeks asylum in what for him is still historical homeland, Sapmi

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 11:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 15:42
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“I’m pleased to be on this side of the border. To be free and not persecuted. To speak the truth

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Russia summons Norwegian ambassador over drone pilots

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 11:39
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Robert Kvile, Oslo’s new ambassador to Moscow, was told Monday by Russia’s foreign ministry that charges against Russian citizens for

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

“With military background, I had to make a quick decision”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 14:39
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Vladimir Prokushev (36) believes the majority of those being sent to war have very little motivation to fight against Ukraine.

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Featured • Zone 1 News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland says traffic ‘intensifying’ on border with Russia

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 11:46
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Traffic arriving at Finland’s eastern border with Russia “intensified” overnight after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation and

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Amid war, sanctions, Moscow says Russian Arctic shipping will thrive

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2022 at 09:10
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A new government plan for the Northern Sea Route includes unprecedented investments in new ships, infrastructure and natural resource development.

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Business Business (Russia) Countries General News RCI Russia 

Russia taking over ownership stakes in Arctic oil field

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 13:48
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Russia announced further moves Tuesday to take over foreign ownership stakes in energy projects, saying it would acquire the stock

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Countries General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) News Politics Politics (Russia) RCI Russia 

New Russian war monument near Norway praises battle and aggression in Ukraine

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 14:02
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The Kola Peninsula has hundreds of war memorials paying tribute to Soviet soldiers and victims of Nazi German aggression during

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Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 News Norway 

First tanker in 20 months embarks to energy hungry Europe

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 16:17
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Norway’s role as a stable and predictable supplier of natural gas to Europe is pushed forward by dictator Vladimir Putin’s

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Transportation crisis looms in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 22, 2022 at 12:14
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International sanctions threaten the country’s supply chains. Nuclear-powered container ship “Sevmorput” will this year play key role in supplying goods

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More than 2,300 Swedish and Finnish troops advance into Northern Norway to join NATO drills Cold Response

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 15:40
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Trucks packed with military hardware could this weekend be seen in big numbers on the roads that connect northern Sweden

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Russian invasion of Ukraine puts ‘more attention onto the needs of the Arctic’

Julia Peterson, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 15:22
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A man whose life was upended in the name of Arctic sovereignty says Canada now needs to do more to keep

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