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The fire occurred in a cabin on the ship, named the Sevmorput, while docked at the Murmansk port in northern Russia. The ministry initially reported that the fire spread to about 30 square meters, but firefighters managed to contain it before it spread.
Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov called for the "full-scale development" of Arctic regions beyond Russia's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
At 400 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, Russian journalist Giorgi Chentemirov says he had already been out of the country for six months when the Russian Ministry of Justice labeled him a "forei
MADRID, Nov 29 (IPS) - At 400 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, Russian journalist Giorgi Chentemirov says he had already been out of the country for six months when the Russian Ministry of Justice labeled him a "foreign agent."
Norway, which experienced a spate of increased migration across the land border with Russia in 2015, said it's prepared to join Finland in closing its border if it sees a big uptick in asylum seekers.