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Lawmakers greenlight governors’ establishment of regional militias
Published: September 26, 2024 07:22
Legislators in Russia’s State Duma have signed a bill that will allow regional leaders to establish armed structures that are to protect against “extraordinary situations.” Behind the bill stands Andrei Kartapolov, the hardline Chair of the State Duma…
Russia to increase spending on Internet censorship
Published: September 24, 2024 10:42
Russia’s internet watchdog Roskomnadzor could spend up to 60 billion Russian rubles (approx 60 million dollars) on upgrading the system that provides more sophisticated blocking of any content the watchdog considers a “threat”, the news website Forbes…
Norwegian fishing boat sailed into Russian live-shooting exercise
Published: September 23, 2024 13:21
“This is Russian warship, you need to leave the area”, was the message chief mate Øystein Orten got over the radio as the crew was about to take the fishing gear up from the water. It was news online FriFagbevegelse that first talked with the crew of the…
Northvolt to slash 1,000 employees in Skellefteå
Published: September 23, 2024 12:19
Ramp-up of battery production for Europe’s car industry wasn’t that easy as pioneering company Northvolt first thought. “Development of Northvolt Ett expansion project will be suspended,” the company writes in a statement about the future of the factory…
Prestigious Sarmat missile exploded in failed test
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2024/09/prestigious-sarmat-missile-exploded-failed-test
Published: September 23, 2024 05:45
What last week was a launch pad now looks like a disastrous bomb crater. High-resolution satellite images shared by the Institute for the Study of War over the weekend give no doubts. The silo from where Russia’s new super-missile, by NATO named SS-X-29,…
Landmark Nordic declaration includes plan for new icebreaker
Published: September 22, 2024 19:46
The government leaders from the two new NATO member states last week met in Stockholm to discuss a comprehensive extension of cooperation. They were accompanied by several ministers from both sides. “It’s wonderful to see how close we are and how much we…
A new floating dock is on its way from Istanbul to Murmansk
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2024/09/new-floating-dock-its-way-istanbul-murmansk
Published: September 20, 2024 11:51
The floating installation was this week towed from the yard and towards the Turkish straits. Photos show several tugs and support vessels involved in the operation, the Russian version of the Barents Observer reports. The dock is built for Russian nuclear…
Russia bans “foreign agents” from civil service
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/09/russia-banns-foreign-agents-civil-service
Published: September 20, 2024 10:58
On Friday, September 20, Russian President Putin signed an amendment to the order that regulates who has the right to apply and be considered for a Russian state official position, according to the document, published on the government’s website. Now the…
A fantastic place. Stories of three women from Ukraine in the Arctic
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/09/fantastic-place-stories-three-women-ukraine-arctic
Published: September 18, 2024 13:38
Yulia Anokhina, Yulia Litvinova and Lyudmila Belozerova ended up in the Far North at different times and by different paths. Lyudmila came to Svalbard in 2009, where she worked at the Russian company Arktikugol. Repressions and a full-scale war brought her…
“If this route is closed, families would be torn apart”
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/09/if-route-russia-closed-families-would-be-ton-apart
Published: September 18, 2024 07:34
Straight from a work shift At a Kirkenes bus stop, I see a woman with a couple of colourful bags. Her name is Natalya. She tells me that once a month she travels on a bus from her hometown Murmansk in the Russian Arctic to the Norwegian town of…