After four years of construction in slow motion, Russia now gives speed to giant #nuclear #icebreaker #Rosatomflot #ZvezdaShipyard thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2024…

No deal on joint Euro-Arctic navy exercises, but Russia and China agree on search and rescue cooperation on the world’s oceans. thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/20…

Russia’s new mini-sub will be operated by deep sea espionage and sabotage unit GUGI and reportedly be able to dive to 11,000 meters depths thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/20…

Young men from north Russian navy towns refuse to fight. Many face years in jail for desertion. The Military Court in Zaozersk, Kola Peninsula, has filed more than 50 cases over the past months thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/04/you…

Moscow adds awarded theater producer and play writer to list of ‘extremists and terrorists’ thebarentsobserver.com/en/life-and-pu…

Against Russian aggression: Norway signs security agreement with Ukraine thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/20…

Mayor of militarised border municipality Pechenga gets reward for efforts to recruit local men for war
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Several bases for long-range drones will be built along the Northern Sea Route, a representative of the Russian Defence Ministry says thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/20…

Expert fears flooded radioactive dump sites could leak to river system that flows into Arctic Ocean @aknikitin @bellona_no #Rosatom #radioactivity thebarentsobserver.com/en/nuclear-saf…

With shrinking Arctic sea-ice and growing shipping come new challenges for maritime safety. Are existing regulatory frameworks sufficient? What can we learn from recent accidents? Research programme SUDARCO has some answers. Partner story by Framsenteret thebarentsobserver.com/en/node/12740

#Military courts in #Russia prosecute a record number of front-line deserters
In March 2024, the courts handed down almost 700 sentences in cases of those 'missing from military service'. thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/04/mil…

Norwegians and Americans are to build Arctic satellite station at Andøya, northern Norway. It is to provide early warning against enemy cruise missiles thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/20…

A significant number of submariners and Navy sailors from bases in Kola Peninsula are killed in Russia's war of aggression thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/20…

Novatek could get a discount for pumping #gas in #Russia 's far north
This is a way of paying for the construction of the #pipeline in Russia's #Murmansk region, sources say.

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The population of the north Russian border municipality of Pechenga once counted almost 60,000. By January 2024, the number had dropped to below 30,000 thebarentsobserver.com/en/life-and-pu…

Waiting for better times, Norway 'will not close the door.' Continues visa-free agreement with Russian military stronghold.
#Pechenga #Zapolyarny #Nikel #Kirkenes thebarentsobserver.com/en/borders/202…

Three cross-border flights ✈️ a week with #Finnair 's 68-seater ATR aircraft between 🇫🇮 #Ivalo and 🇳🇴 #Kirkenes thebarentsobserver.com/en/travel/2024…

Collapse looms over Novatek's plans for the Arctic LNG 2. Several more Russian Arctic projects might follow
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King #crab , or kamchatka crab, boom in northern #Norway has become multi-million dollar industry. Full video story here: thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/04/kin… #arctic

The king #crab boom in northern #Norway . Thousands of tourists flock to #Kirkenes every year to try the king crab, also known as the #Kamchatka crab. The video report about multi-million dollar industry around the sea creature.
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