The Northern Fleet will with the new submarine significantly strengthen its role in Russia’s naval nuclear deterrence. The ...

Denmark took over the Arctic Council’s two-year rotating chairmanship from Norway on Monday, pledging to work to keep the ...

The 'celebrations' are not about commemorating second world war, but about justifying the present Russian warfare in Ukraine, ...

"There is significant progress in issues related to the development and commercial use of the Northern Sea Route," the ...

Glaciers and sea ice are declining, impacting marine biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, tourism and Arctic livelihoods.

Krukovsky is the first counterintelligence agent in contemporary Russian history that has been declared 'hero of Russia,' a Russian military organisation claims. In a decree signed by Vladimir Putin ...

General Consul Andrei Chemerilo laid down flowers at two memorial sites, in Barentsburg and the abandoned mining town of Pyramiden. With him was a group of about 40 people, among them Ildar Neverov, ...

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