According to the Russian state body on criminal proceedings, the municipality that is located along the border to Norway and ...

Google Earth has updated its images of Novaya Zemlya, the Arctic archipelago where Russia’s nuclear weapon designers are ...

The rapid development of long-distance war drones has scared Russia into installing protection nets much further away from ...

Igor Rudenya is sanctioned by the international community for his involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian children. He now ...

In the governor's lyceum in the city of Murmansk, teenagers are taught to operate drones. Although this is presented as an ...

The reason was the absence of 'foreign agent' labelling for Maxim Olenichev, who represented Barents Observer in court.

Some regions in Arctic Norway have experienced exceptionally warm weather last month compared to observational records ...

A top meeting between the FSB's Border Directorate and the Norwegian Joint Headquarters today took place on board a Norwegian ...

For the ninth year in a row Norwegian and Russian queers meet in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes to celebrate freedom, love and togetherness. But in the background is a dark gloom of war, ...

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