Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

 

Several ships well known in Russian Arctic ports are suspected of involvement in weapon deliveries from North Korea.

Russian authorities have placed Barents Observer journalist Denis Zagore on the federal wanted list. He now faces criminal charges in absentia for collaborating with an 'undesirable organisation' and ...

The dictator’s luxury yacht, Kosatka, has been transferred to the Pacific via the Northern Sea Route, accompanied by the notorious salvage ship Voevoda.

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

A military expert believes Norway’s self-imposed restrictions on allied fighter aircraft flying east of 28 degrees longitude over Finnmark will eventually come to an end as F-35 operators across north...

The strategic Tu-95MS bombers were escorted by Su-33 fighter jets and intercepted by a pair of Norwegian F-35s scrambled from Evenes Air Base to monitor the Russian aircraft.

NATO reconnaissance aircraft had a busy day on Tuesday, keeping watch over Russia’s Murmansk region from both the north and west.

New satellite imagery from late August shows Russia’s Northern Fleet in the final phase of completing 13 protective fighter-jet shelters at Severomorsk-3 air base, east of Murmansk.

82 mil fra Norge ligger testområdet for missilet vestlige eksperter kaller «flyvende Tsjornobyl». Satellittbilder viser stor aktivitet på Novaja Zemlja.

Russia accuses Norway of violating international law, discriminating against Russians, and starting a blockade of the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. In less than two days, propaganda machine TASS ...

The Russian commander is reportedly Maj. Gen. Nikolay Varpakhovich.

Update on processing of applications against the Russian Federation 03/09/2026

The Governor of Svalbard confirms that the Professor Molchanov, the Russian passenger vessel operating a second season of voyages between Murmansk and the Russian settlement on the Norwegian Arctic ar...

The Kirkenes-based organisation works to promote contemporary art and cross-border cooperation in the North.

Only days after the Plesetsk Cosmodrome was reportedly targeted by drones, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces carried out a test launch of a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket is expected to launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome within the next few days, carrying another batch of Rassvet satellites into orbit.

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket is expected to launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome within the next few days, carrying another batch of Rassvet satellites into orbit.

Moscow continues to send GRU officers to Norway under diplomatic cover. The Barents Observer looks at their identities.

The special-purpose nuclear submarine Khabarovsk, designed to carry the Poseidon nuclear-powered giga-torpedo, is currently undergoing sea trials in the White Sea.

A Russian soldier in his late 20s who fought in the war against Ukraine crossed the border into Norway during the night of Thursday, 14 August.

Tankers loaded with up to one million tonnes of oil made history when they sailed north of Severnaya Zemlya en route to China. 'This is extremely risky,' says Norwegian expert.

Norge trekkes stadig tydeligere inn i Putins fiendebilde, skriver Kari Aga Myklebost og Karen-Anna Eggen.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the repressive development in Russia has accelerated dramatically. The Kremlin has widened its basis for…