Survey: Majority of Finns consider Russia a significant military threat
Eighty-four percent of Finns consider Russia to be a significant military threat, according to a recent values and attitudes survey
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New sanctions deal fatal blow to Russia’s Arctic LNG
Russia intended to become a world leader in liquefied natural gas. The war against Ukraine has torpedoed its plans. The
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Finnish PM wants NATO decision to be taken this spring
Sanna Marin on Saturday told Social Democratic Party delegates gathered in Helsinki that it was time for Finland to seriously
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Ukrainian president warns Norway against Russian Arctic militarization
“We do not have common borders, but we have a common neighbor that stands against our common values,” the Ukrainian
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Blog: Russia’s Arctic gas is funding the war in Ukraine
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the seven other member states of the Arctic Council have hit a “pause”
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Last Europe-Russia rail link suspended in Finland
The last Allegro train from St. Petersburg for the foreseeable future rolled into Helsinki on Sunday evening at 7pm, carrying
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Russia announces stricter entry rules as new Iron Curtain looms
The Russian foreign minister says a draft presidential decree is being made aimed at restricting entry rules for people from
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More than 2,300 Swedish and Finnish troops advance into Northern Norway to join NATO drills Cold Response
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’
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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A wave of war propaganda is gushing over Russian youth
“The Russian Army is fighting for the security of Russia and the whole world against Nazism,” a video produced by
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Finland tests Nato waters with existing members
Finland has attended a flurry of high level international meetings since Russia invaded Ukraine. Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Yle that security
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Russia issues largest warning zone in Norwegian Barents Sea “since Cold War”
“Impact Area for Russian missiles” reads the warning covering an area from the Varanger fjord in the east almost to
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Canada honours Arctic’s last known WW II bone collector
In late May 1940, 20-year-old Qapik Attagutsiak voluntarily picked up a burlap bag, put her one-year-old son in her amauti — a
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Norway, Russia set differences aside for WWII commemorations in Kirkenes
Norway’s king and prime minister met Russia’s Sergey Lavrov by a memorial devoted to Soviet liberation of Norwegian border town
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Towns in northwest Russia commemorate liberation from Nazi Germany
War heroes are saluted, fallen comrades commemorated and civilian suffering paid respect as the towns of Nikel and Kirkenes look
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