Today I will work in Indiga,' governor of the Nenets Autonomous District Irina Gekht reported in a social media video post that showed her helicopter landing in the remote settlement.

The governor of Murmansk came on an unannounced inspection to the Pechenga district where local boiler houses fail to provide ...

The Norwegian oil company believes the discovery made about five kilometres north its Goliat FSPO holds up to five million barrels of oil equivalent. Over the last year, several discoveries have been ...

“Old mercury pollution that nature has stored for us can leak out and become a threat to marine life, the seafood we eat and our health", - marine scientist Michael Bank is quoted as saying on the ...

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"Today is a significant event for us – the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Khabarovsk is being launched from the renowned Sevmash shipyard," Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said after Navy ...

One week after Russia test-flew the nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile for 15 hours, Putin announced that the nuclear-powered underwater drone Poseidon has also been tested successfully. "For the ...

With the move, Norway follows the decision by the European Union in May. The EU listed both Norebo and Murman Seafood, the two largest Russian fishing companies which harvests in the Barents and ...

Norway sounded the alarm after it discovered that Russia is spoofing GPS signals in the Eastern Finnmark region. The spoofing comes in addition to the jamming that for more than three years has ...

A video recording was posted Wednesday evening on social media in Murmansk of what appears to be a massive explosion in the horizon. The Barents Observer has geolocated the filming position from ...

The floating installation was this week towed from the yard and towards the Turkish straits. Photos show several tugs and support vessels involved in the operation, the Russian version of the Barents ...