3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (952+ words) An archconservative and xenophobic organisation with ties to the Moscow Patriarchate was represented at the opening of a new cathedral in Belushya Guba, the town that serves Russia’s Arctic nuclear test site. There was a solemn celebration in the far…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (169+ words) A plant processing gas condensate is on fire in the heart of Russia’s Arctic gas-producing region, more than 2,800 kilometres from the border with Ukraine. This is the first known attack on a gas facility in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. With…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (263+ words) Norway said on Tuesday it has assisted 69 Russian citizens in returning to their home country from an Arctic island following the seizure of the small cruise ship they arrived on. A Norwegian court last week ordered the seizure in Svalbard…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (409+ words) Arctic Today Construction of fortified shelters underway at key Northern Fleet air base New satellite imagery from late August shows Russia’s Northern Fleet in the final phase of completing 13 protective fighter-jet shelters at Severomorsk-3 air base, east of Murmansk. The…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (838+ words) Putin’s new grand oil project leaves Arctic lands in devastation Arctic Today Putin’s new grand oil project leaves Arctic lands in devastation State oil company Rosneft says it is opening a new oil province on the far northern Taymyr Peninsula....

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (382+ words) The Government is authorising the Swedish Armed Forces to procure the US High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). In a separate announcement, Sweden’s Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Finland’s Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen have signed a Joint Declaration…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (329+ words) The six-hour voyage was completed without operator intervention, according to Murmansk-based NPK Progress, the company that developed the boat. The route is reportedly the longest autonomous voyage yet carried out in northern Russia. The voyage began at Liinakhamari, near the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (86+ words) Russia accuses Norway of violating international law, discriminating against Russians, and starting a blockade of the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. In less than two days, propaganda machine TASS has published almost 40 pieces about the arrest of the vessel Professor Molchanov…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (759+ words) NATO’s next command-and-control architecture may be emerging at Europe’s northern edge. From simulation work to uncrewed-systems trials, allies are testing how artificial intelligence, sensors and autonomous platforms can be joined into a single operational chain. As NATO in June announced…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (442+ words) Arctic Today Russian schools welcome children back with soldiers and war propaganda On 1 September, people with criminal records and controversial pasts were among the guests of honour at school assemblies across Russia. They offered pupils advice and words of encouragement,…...