Atle Staalesen

Locals in Alakurtti, a town that hosts Russia's Arctic Brigade, are in despair after an important bridge was destroyed in a fire.

The EU Council has expanded its list of sanctions against companies involved in shipping of Russian oil. The updated list now includes the owner of the oil tanker Murmansk , as well as a company that provides fuel to Russian fishing vessels in the Barents Sea.

“The deployment of such a modern vessel will significantly enhance the Northern Fleet's capabilities in ensuring security in the nearby maritime zone,” said Vice Admiral Oleg Golubev as he greeted the ship and its crew at the naval base in Polyarny.

Lithuania's Defence Minister, Robertas Kaunas, travelled to the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes to discuss an expansion of cooperation. "You have the Kola Peninsula, we have Kaliningrad," he said after a meeting with Norwegian border guards.

Major General Roman Fyodorov will run for a seat in the Murmansk regional duma.

Yaroslav Melnik is one of several veterans with combat experience in Ukraine who are taking over key political positions on the Kola Peninsula.

The Norwegian royal family hosted a reception for the national football team following its success at the World Cup. At the same time, the queen anchored up with the royal yacht in Jarfjorden, near the border with Russia.

After 21 months of drifting across the Arctic Ocean, Russia’s Severny Polus (North Pole) research station was this week escorted out of the ice.

After 21 months of drifting across the Arctic Ocean, Russia’s Severny Polus (North Pole) research station was this week escorted out of the ice. After almost two years of drifting with the currents through deep Arctic sea ice, the Severny Polus (IMO 9884198) has been led to open waters. The drift, which began in the...

Only a few days after publishing an essay in The Economist calling for Western restraint in the war in Ukraine, the billionaire UAE-based businessman met with the governor of Murmansk to discuss seaports and mining on the Kola Peninsula.