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The U.S. ambassador to Norway, Marc Nathanson, says the whole northern flank of NATO has to be conscious of the border with Russia up north as Putin has huge military forces in the area. Nathanson says in this interview with the Barents Observer that he is not only welcoming Sweden and Finland in

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The Russian government has just nixed an infrastructure project that could derail Putin’s arctic ambitions

Russia has managed to shift a large part of its crude exports to India and China, and slowly, it has also ramped up exports from Arctic loading ports to buyers in South-East Asia

The Norwegian military intelligence announced that the earlier reports indicating that the Northern Fleet vessels carry tactical nukes had been untrue, "Barents Observer" reports.

It was late last fall Sergey Lavrov sent the official invitation for the bi-annual ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council. As chair country, the venue would be in the Russian north. Like last time Lavrov headed the council, in 2006, he chose Salekhard in Siberia as venue. The high-profile even

The border guard is one of few army units in Norway not in possession of drones. With the mid-winter icy escape to Norway by a Wagner mercenary soldier, questions again arise about the border patrols’ ability to detect illegals seeking a safe haven in Russia’s Nordic neighbors. Norway and Finl

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A former commander with the Kremlin-linked Wagner private military company fled across the border to Norway in dramatic circumstances last Friday. Local police fear life and health are at risk if more illegal border crossers are coming in the polar night with temperatures down to minus 25 Celsius.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has promised to send more troops near Nordic countries.