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EU sanctions shipyards and design bureaus key to Russia’s nuclear submarine fleet

Ahead of drills in Belarus, Putin’s allies pay visit to Northern Fleet

Oil refinery in Northern Russia under attack

Sanctioned Chinese heavy lift carrier on standby outside Norwegian Arctic coast

“My grandmother gave me this name so that I would do something with it”

"One million rubles for each drone destroyed"

"More than 100 men" from Severomorsk killed in Ukraine

New Kremlin project aims at militarising families

Converting political prisoners into contributions to Putin’s war chest

Naval landing on Arctic archipelago reveals major pollution

Ships linked with Arctic Russia spotted in North Korea

Russian fishery tycoon, who sues Norway, seeks Arctic sway

Naval flotilla explores new passage on Northern Sea Route

Norway successfully tests new naval missile

"Culture cannot stay silent in wartime"

Five days after the vote, FSB arrests leading election expert

Doctor, 74, volunteers for war as Northern Russia loses medical staff

Russia issues arrest warrant against Barents Observer journalist Denis Zagore

Barents Pride cancelled

As Arctic sea ice reaches this year’s low, shipping reaches historic high

Converting political prisoners into contributions to Putin’s war chest

Converting political prisoners into contributions to Putin’s war chest

A familiar garden bird in an unfamiliar world

A familiar garden bird in an unfamiliar world

Arctic summer sea ice: Perhaps the reality is more complex than what we are told

Arctic summer sea ice: Perhaps the reality is more complex than what we are told

Friend or foe? Russian think-tank discourse on Norway

Friend or foe? Russian think-tank discourse on Norway

The Russian spirit of Norway’s "SmåRådina"

The Russian spirit of Norway’s "SmåRådina"

Dzerzhinsky's watchful eye reportedly on the way back to Lubyanka

Dzerzhinsky's watchful eye reportedly on the way back to Lubyanka

The wheels of justice are in motion for Russia’s unlawful war against Ukraine

The wheels of justice are in motion for Russia’s unlawful war against Ukraine

The heat is on — and Norway is adding fuel to the fire

The heat is on — and Norway is adding fuel to the fire

Russia’s Noble Failures

Russia’s Noble Failures

Murmansk governor and major general give up seats in regional parliament

“Anyone but United Russia”: How Kirkenes residents voted in the State Duma “election”

Warriors on the ballot

In a secret Arctic operation, Putin’s yacht was moved from Severomorsk to Kamchatka

Norway makes it harder for Ukraine to seize Russian ships at Svalbard

Finland’s first F-35s arrive in Rovaniemi, but Norwegian airspace approval for East Finnmark remains uncertain

Visiting Pechenga, war propagandist Yevgeny Poddubny praises the naval infantry

Scholar Nikolai Zyuzev sentenced to 7 years in prison for treason

Warships drill attack on Arctic archipelago

Oil for the Inner Circle

Submarine town Polyarny says 155 local men killed in Ukraine

Russia boosts fuel imports through Murmansk

Bombers carrying Kh-101 missiles flew off Northern Norway

Russia poses “significant and long-term threat” to Euro-Atlantic security

Russia’s hybrid attacks in focus as European leaders meet in Finnish Lapland

RESEARCH - PARTNER CONTENT

Mapping Norway’s marine ecosystems: a puzzle with missing pieces

Mapping Norway’s marine ecosystems: a puzzle with missing pieces

Glacier melt lowers pressure on land—and puts pressure on societal systems

Glacier melt lowers pressure on land—and puts pressure on societal systems

LAVDAS: Advancing nationwide wetland mapping

LAVDAS: Advancing nationwide wetland mapping

Arctic quality—What do consumers think?

Arctic quality—What do consumers think?

Can Atlantic wolffish help restore the kelp forest?

Can Atlantic wolffish help restore the kelp forest?

Preserving wooden heritage in the Arctic

Preserving wooden heritage in the Arctic

Year-round monitoring of the marine ecosystem in Kongsfjorden

Year-round monitoring of the marine ecosystem in Kongsfjorden

CliN-BluFeed—a quest for sustainable fish feed for the aquaculture industry

CliN-BluFeed—a quest for sustainable fish feed for the aquaculture industry

Methane beneath Svalbard may be an underestimated climate risk

Methane beneath Svalbard may be an underestimated climate risk

Tanker crew waited 84 days at remotest Arctic terminal

Europe boosts LNG trade ahead of the ban

Putin’s new grand oil project leaves Arctic lands in devastation

Drone strike on Novy Urengoy gas plant

Silence and respect as King Harald is laid to rest

British, Swedish and American spy planes monitor Kola Peninsula

Construction of fortified shelters underway at key Northern Fleet air base

Passengers and most of the crew from Professor Molchanov returned to Russia

Sea drone completes first long-distance sea trials off Kola coast

Norway’s ambassador summoned to Moscow foreign ministry as wave of propaganda hits the headlines

Novaya Gazeta added to ‘foreign agent’ list

Norway seizes Russia's Svalbard liner

Russian Arctic oil exports to China beat records

Orthodox ultranationalists bond with nuclear forces on Novaya Zemlya

USS Delaware makes Tromsø port call during busy period of Russian submarine testing in northern waters

Støre heads to Rovaniemi for Arctic security talks

Russian schools welcome children back with soldiers and war propaganda

Northern Fleet set course for the Northern Sea Route

Pikene på Broen designated ‘undesirable’ in Russia

Norway mourns King Harald V

Russia flexes its nuclear muscle from Plesetsk

New Arctic carrier picks up first batch of sanctioned LNG

Indigenous people bow to Moscow

New batch of uranium fuel shipped along Russia's Northern Sea Route

Murmansk presents contributions to drone war

Pro-Russian hackers declare ‘cyberwar’ on Norway

Volunteers sought to combat drones

Russia readies for Burevestnik test season

Expanding Russian tanker fleet exports more Arctic LNG to China

Container ships shuttling Arctic route between China and Russia carry car components, says Chinese shipper

Finland to host Arctic summit in Rovaniemi in September

Russia launched rocket day after drone attack on Plesetsk

Russian military intelligence officers in Norway

Norway softens self-imposed restrictions on allied surveillance aircraft monitoring Russia's nuclear fleet

FSB arrests what it claims to be ‘Ukrainian agent’ near Norwegian border

NASAMS might come to Finnmark Brigade

Russian warship escorts Gazprom tanker along Norwegian coast

"For us, the border is sacred"

Murmansk fishermen send fishing nets to the war zone

Russia's doomsday submarine sets sail for the first time

Nenets AO governor boasts to Putin that one in ten residents has gone to war

After two years in the wilderness, runaway defector crosses the border

Karelia’s "Yabloko" candidates to run on demand for indigenous language rights

Gasoline from Morocco remains stuck in Murmansk amid fuel crisis

Ultranationalist Russian church leader assembles military priests and war veterans on Norway border

New rail link reconnects Finland and Sweden in North

The lives of anti-war Russians in the border town of Kirkenes

Supreme Court removes only opposition party from election

How will the EU’s 21st sanctions package affect the Russian Arctic?

In unprecedented Arctic operation, Russia sends convoy of oil tankers to 81.5°N

Russia’s "Derzhava" sneaks into Norwegian waters

Woman in Severomorsk fined 500,000 rubles for Telegram

Norwegian diplomats again skip ceremony honouring victims of Stalin's terror

“Putin has done a lot of good”: Norwegian activists head to Russia once again

Northern Fleet conducts multiple missile launches near Norway in the Barents Sea

The Russian spirit of Norway’s "SmåRådina"

From Polyarny to Sevastopol

Fuel crisis grips Karelia

Bombers from Kola Peninsula brought death to Ukrainian towns

Large group of sanctioned tankers prepares for icy convoy on Northern Sea Route

New LNG terminal and reservoir park under construction in Kola Bay

Governor announces construction start for Kola NPP-2

Russia unfolds large-scale naval exercise near Norwegian border

"This is a recognition of our work with Ukrainian soldiers"

Russia declares Norwegian organisation SmåRådina ‘undesirable’

Sevmash launches Ulyanovsk multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarine

Navy Day without ships

Take a photo of a Ukrainian drone - face a 1 million rouble fine

EU blacklists more Russian Arctic vessels

Ukrainian forces strike Wildberries hubs in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region

Prosecutors libraries for "forbidden" books

Lawmakers approve bill effectively stripping exiled Russians of key citizenship rights

Luxury yachts crowd around Svalbard; among them is Oleg Tinkov’s La Datcha

Construction of Arctic LNG platforms resumes as China-made modules arrive in Belokamenka

Equinor discovers more oil near Johan Castberg field

Oil pipeline on thin ice

"On the brink of emergency": Arkhangelsk seeks Moscow bailout to avoid winter crisis

Kola NPP-2 receives construction licence for first reactor units

Fuel vouchers are offered in exchange for fertility consultations

Oligarch Melnichenko meets with Murmansk warmonger governor Andrei Chibis

Nuclear icebreaker escorts North Pole platform from Greenland Sea

Political prisoner Andrei Trofimov disappears from

Russia's Arctic University deceives students into going to the front and produces drones for the military

“It is foolish to think that I will keep quiet”

Satellite imagery indicates air-defence systems redeployed from Severodvinsk

All of Nornickel’s palladium to be processed on the Kola Peninsula

While King Harald saluted Haaland at the Royal Palace, Queen Sonja travelled to the Russian border

Putin’s popularity declines as war drags on

Russia bans diesel exports amid Ukrainian drone strikes

Alcohol consumption doubled in north Russian regions

P-8A Poseidon makes first-ever North Pole flyover

Putin's yacht headed north to the Kola Peninsula under warship escort

Arrested on charges of involvement with the Freedom of Russia Legion

CEO of Lavna seaport in Murmansk arrested

Four Chinese icebreaking research vessels set off on Arctic expedition

Olesia sentenced in absentia to six years in prison

Warmest June in the world's northernmost settlement

Norwegian influencer thought driving his gas-guzzling American classic to Moscow would make quite a spectacle. It didn't go as planned

Returns to Severomorsk for first time in 27 years

Zapolyarny mine goes deeper to secure operations for another two decades

Russia urgently suspends railway border crossings with Europe

Captain First Rank with Ukraine war experience is new mayor of submarine town Zaozersk

Tu-160 bombers met by NATO F-35s off Northern Norway

The commander of Russia’s Marine Corps is on the Murmansk ballot

Soldier jailed for 15 years over Murmansk airfield sabotage

Keel laid for Murmansk , the tenth Yasen-class multipurpose submarine

Gulag memorial with names of Ukrainian prisoners dismantled in Vorkuta

"We have the same challenges, the same neighbour"

Opposition journalists and activists reflect on the killing of artist Semyon Skrepetsky

Russia drops plans for Navy Parade to avoid last-minute cancellation

Second new minesweeper arrives at Northern Fleet base

On updated EU sanctions list is the owner of Murmansk

"We don’t have any petrol. And now our bridge burned down"

Border town sends IT equipment to Ukraine’s defenders

Nuclear-powered Leopard heads to sea after 15 years of modernisation

"All right. I’m a soldier. I’m ready"

Shadow tanker involved in "deceptive, high-risk practices" enters Norwegian Arctic waters

Swedes fined for throwing stones into Russia

Gasoline sales are being restricted along Kola highway amid the fuel crisis

Pechenga joins group of closed military towns

Norwegian Customs extends Palantir contract despite growing scrutiny

Refurbished Soviet-era giant undergoes speed trials in the White Sea

NATO activates forward land forces presence in Lapland

Moscow adds human rights organisations to ‘terrorist list’

Norwegian citizen detained in Murmansk

Drivers face fuel purchase restrictions at petrol stations in Karelia and Arkhangelsk

NATO launches large-scale air force exercise on Monday

Dzerzhinsky honoured at children's camp

Russia launches ambitious drone cluster across northern regions

TotalEnergies plans exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2

Russia’s new social studies textbook tells schoolchildren: “Either a patriot or a scoundrel”

Battered war ministry spends billions on Severomorsk entertainment complex

Arkhangelsk launches anti-ship missile

Northern Fleet deploys anti-drone nets over nuclear submarines

French marines board Iranian-linked tanker carrying Russian Arctic oil

Wiped out Tu-142MR could be a significant blow to the Northern Fleet

Tanker starts this year’s first passage on Northern Sea Route

Vitaly Orlov’s business empire is expanding its fleet of vessels

Here comes the -generation reactor for Arctic floating plants

The hidden beneficiaries of Yamal LNG

“Do not abandon the watchtower”

Levi ski resort unveils €60 million investment plan

Gasoline shortages begin to hit the Murmansk region

U.S. Senate delegation heads to Isfjord Radio, Svalbard

Norway boosts GPS jamming detection amid Russian escalation

Chinese navy delegation meets Northern Fleet in Murmansk

Putin’s escalating scenario included ballistic and cruise missile launches from the Barents Sea

Northern Fleet takes part in major nuclear exercise

Drone attacks rattle Muscovites, fueling heated social media discussion

Severomorsk resident gets 14 years in jail for alleged treason. He opposed the war on Ukraine

A fourth monument to Stalin is to be erected in the Vologda region

The heat is on — and Norway is adding fuel to the fire

Emergency crews on alert at large Russian Arctic LNG plant

Port Lavna: billions turned to dust

Murmansk offers huge sign-on bonuses to recruit drone pilots for the Northern Fleet

U.S. Navy tests high-tech maritime drones off northern Norway

Pussy Riot added to Russia’s list of terrorists and extremists

Tens of thousands of abducted Ukrainian children still in Russia

Shady gas carriers stop off near Norway’s border

Behind Russia’s “Victory Day” ceremony on Svalbard was a veiled effort to build a militarised presence

It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia

British carrier deploys north for NATO exercise amid increase in Russian overflights

Russia’s State Duma has authorised Putin to use the military to “protect” Russians abroad

Nuclear forces test Sarmat missile from Plesetsk

Members of Russia’s last opposition party barred from running for regional parliaments

Finland strengthens northern roads

Russia expelled from the International Federation of Journalists

Busy at war, infantrymen from Pechenga absent from Murmansk parade

Norwegian F-35s track Russian bombers carrying long-range cruise missile

Tourism will save the day in the small fishing village of Bugøynes

Russia expresses fury over memorial vandalism in Norwegian borderland, after monument repairs

“Today our kids are secret agents and medics”

Following the warmest April on record, Norway offers 38 areas in the Barents Sea for drilling

Editor of Novaya Gazeta Europe sentenced in absentia to 6 years in prison

Back country Pinega reports more than 55 men killed in Ukraine

Norway's self-imposed military restrictions are out-dated, professor argues

The Revival of “America First”? Where does the Arctic stand in Trump’s second term?

Norwegian police makes arrest in Russia-related espionage

Payouts to warriors keep Russia's housing market afloat

Wolf population on the rise in northern Norway

Climate talks. The Russian way

Sea-ice caused trouble for Russian warships

Nordic countries get ready to establish cross-border military corridors

Finland takes final move to leave the Barents cooperation

"Look at this! It's the end of November, but it's 0°C in the Urals"

Sabotage threats loom as Norway joins international subsea cable initiative

Thousands of exploded craters discovered on the Kara seabed

Murmansk 'grey cardinal' returns to Severomorsk

From the Norwegian border to the battlefields in Ukraine: Dmitry Vasilets tells his story

Western sanctions hinder modernisation of Russia’s largest warship

"We see a radical change in the marine ecosystem"

Censorship agency to test-isolate Russia’s internet

Apple complies with Kremlin censorship, removes app providing news from northern regions

"The president told me these are just troublemakers and promised to sort it out"

"They continue to insult our country and its citizens”

Convicted Commander of Arctic troops killed

"It will take 10 years to remove all the rusty barrels..."

Almost all Tu-95MS bombers from Olenya took part in Sunday morning attack on Ukraine

Norwegian fishermen snagged U.S. nuclear-powered submarine

This is how an agent from Murmansk built a network in Northern Norway

Drones, not tanks, on Russia's training ranges along NATO border

Harry S. Truman carrier strike group on exercise inside the Arctic Circle

Russia to scrap multilateral nuclear environmental agreement

“Authoritarian petrostate with no respect for human rights”

Here comes rocket No. 600 from Sweden’s space center

"Not being able to have scientific collaboration with Russia is a huge problem"

Chinese rig heads towards Norwegian Arctic drill site

"We expected snow here"

On Trump’s election day, a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber flew over northern Norway into Finland for training

With flags of occupied Ukrainian regions on its bow, Putin’s newest icebreaker is put on the water

Russian Church receives building permission for 'largest cathedral' beyond Arctic Circle

It’s high time to close Russia’s Consulate General in Kirkenes

The governor that bonded with Wagner Group and befriended Ramzan Kadyrov is appointed to key post in Defence Ministry

The people of Tromsø, northern Norway, their thoughts.

New frigate Admiral Golovko sets out from Severomorsk on 'world tour'

Chinese heavy lift ship without ice-class battles through freezing Arctic route

Cod quotas lowered for the fourth year in a row

On updated U.S sanctions list is a naval design company from Murmansk

Putin oversees nuclear triad exercises from his bunker

Sweden beefs up forces in the North

Construction begins on a "new flagship of Russian polar research"

A criminal case opened against a prominent Russian activist

Melting Arctic sea-ice could have dramatic effect on ocean circulation

Bloomberg: production comes to halt at Novatek's Arctic LNG 2

Norway accommodated for Russia’s propaganda show

"We must stand together for freedom, democracy and independence"

Chief FSB veteran Gennady Gurylev is back on the border to Norway

US warships sailed into the Barents Sea

Russian Internet watchdog blocks hundreds of VPN services

Deputy PM admits Russia can't build enough ice-class ships

Defense Minister Belousov announces Zapad 2025 exercises

Northern transport links must be improved for security reasons says Finland

Finnish Lapland hit by 30-year autumn warm spell

Olenya airbase covers up amid drone fears

As Pechenga honors 'liberators' of Finnish lands, more local Russian men are reported killed in occupied Ukraine

Popular Russian singer put on wanted list

Nordics consider joint procurement of infantry fighting vehicle

Three times more Russian diplomats in Norway than the other way around

Two carrier groups on exercise outside Norway

Russian lawmakers want to confiscate property of those who left

Murmansk steps up protection against drone attacks

“I will consider donating to an Arctic charity”

Touchdown in Sputnik. Defence Minister Belousov pays visit to naval infantry brigade near Nordic NATO border

Norway, Germany put critical underwater infrastructure on NATO agenda

Employee at Russia's Consulate General in Kirkenes linked to FSB

Consul General Konygin closes doors in Kirkenes after dialogue with Oslo

Landmark flight from the Mediterranean to Barents Sea

1,5 year behind bars for attempted illegal border crossing to Norway

“Love should not be in exile”

“Fantasy project,” Nikitin says nuclear gas carrier submarine

Son of former Putin’s ally awarded 2,7 million kroner compensation

"The Russians are compromising security on Northern Sea Route"

More than 190,000 Russian schoolteachers quit their job last year

The lieutenant from Pechenga, who refused to fight, is released from jail

Murmansk-population falls another 2,900 people

Northern Fleet's newest frigate trained anti-aircraft, anti-drone shootings

Police boosts security in ports still open for Russian vessels

Creates budget post supporting human rights and independent media in Russia

A high school in Arkhangelsk has started production of grenade components

"We hope this will prevent Russia from pushing around with us"

In the past one and a half years, only one confiscation has been made

EU considers stricter seafood sanctions, but cod from Murmansk goes free

Following landmark Chinese visit to Moscow, foreign ministries step up bilateral talks on Arctic

Washing young brains in Murmansk. Vladimir Medinsky came to town

“Love should not be in exile”

Putin appoints Nikolai Korchunov new ambassador to Norway

Prestigious Sarmat missile exploded in failed test

Small Norwegian fishing boat confronted Russian warship during live-shooting exercise

“If this route is closed, families would be torn apart”

Russia bans “foreign agents” from civil service

A new floating dock is on its way from Istanbul to Murmansk

A fleet of Chinese container carriers shuttles on Russian Arctic route

Traces of radioactive Cesium-137 measured along Norway’s border with Russia

A fantastic place. Stories of three women from Ukraine in the Arctic

Lawmakers greenlight governors’ establishment of regional militias

On this graveyard in Murmansk rest 165 warriors killed in Ukraine

"We are all afraid," woman in Olenegorsk says as Ukrainian drones attack local airbase

Ukrainian drones are on the way. Murmansk again closes airspace

Governor: Murmansk is under drone attack

World's biggest underwater methane hotspot is found off Barents Sea coast

Iron miner LKAB reports hostile incidents to police