Barents Observer journalist Olesia Krivtsova reflects on censorship, repression, and the fight for truth amid increasing ...

New US sanctions deal an unprecedented blow to the companies that over the past decade have developed major oil and gas ...

Rukhsa, deputy director of the Northern Sea Route Directorate, is accused of being in the leadership team of Rosatom, a ...

For years, Vladimir Putin has insisted that annual shipments on the far northern route should reach 80 million tons by 2024.

The lowest temperature of this winter season was recorded at a weather station in eastern Lapland early on Wednesday morning, ...

Marine heatwaves are becoming more intense and frequent in the Arctic—a trend that could cause ongoing upheaval for the ...

After more than six years of upgrades, the old Bryansk will soon be sailing deterrence patrols in the northeast Barents Sea ...

The military instructors of Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov are preparing Russian men for war and a militant organisation with ...

The crew came home just in time to celebrate New Year's eve in the Northern Fleet's main base Severomorsk, north of Murmansk. The Admiral Gorshkov had then been at sea for 226 days. The warship sailed ...

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The Barents Observer follows the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the document Right and Duties of the Editor. We report under full editorial independence and have no external interference.