A key part of combat training for the Russian navy’s new frigates in 2025 will be long-distance sailings. In #Severomorsk, the Admiral Gorshkov was welcomed home after a voyage that lasted 226 days. thebarentsobserver.com/news/northern-…

Ramzan Kadyrov's militant network is expanding across Russia, including in the Kola Peninsula thebarentsobserver.com/news/kadyrovs-…

After more than six years of upgrades, the old Bryansk submarine will soon be sailing deterrence patrols in the northeast Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean with 16 submarine-launched ballistic missiles. thebarentsobserver.com/security/upgra…

Russian Arctic shipping continues to grow, but results are less than half-way to Kremlin's target thebarentsobserver.com/news/shipping-…

Paralysis looms over Moscow's Arctic oil. New US sanctions deal unprecedented blow to hydrocarbon extraction in the remote region thebarentsobserver.com/news/paralysis…

We are deeply thankful for receiving the Sønsteby Award 2025. “In an era where independent journalism is constantly facing new challenges, the Barents Observer has set a high standard for fact-checking and accountability,” the Sønsteby Memorial Fund says.

The Norwegians’ loud voices for the Barents Sea to become a new big oil province seems to fade out before it hardly started. thebarentsobserver.com/news/only-one-…

US sanctions target new Murmansk seaport #Lavna thebarentsobserver.com/news/us-sancti…

Video: Propeller plane vs snowstorm during polar night. Will the aircraft make it through northern #Norway? We fly one of the fascinating routes connecting remote Arctic towns just as one of the biggest storms of the winter season hits. #Widerøe thebarentsobserver.com/travel/propell…

After Ukrainian drone attacks on Engels airbase, Russia rely more on the strategically important Olenya airbase in the Murmansk region. thebarentsobserver.com/security/bombe…

Andrei Gurulyov, a member of the Defense Committee of the State Duma, told the Russia-1 channel it is necessary to move from joint development of #Svalbard to a Russian option. thebarentsobserver.com/news/halfwit-l…

VIDEO-STORY: Join us on a flight via the remotest small airports inside the Arctic Circle during the polar night just as one of the biggest storms of the winter season hits. Will the propeller aircraft make it through? #Widerøe LINK: thebarentsobserver.com/travel/propell…

Halfwit lawmaker says Russia should take over Svalbard, establish bases. thebarentsobserver.com/news/halfwit-l…

Both reactors on the 'Akademik Lomonosov' have reloaded the uranium fuel elements for the first time since the floating nuclear power plant was put into operation in 2020. thebarentsobserver.com/news/floating-…

The Polar Lithium project in the Kola Peninsula is included in new US sanctions list thebarentsobserver.com/news/americans…

Navalny lawyers sentenced to prison terms All three have been charged with participating in an “extremist organization”. Photo by: Mediazona thebarentsobserver.com/news/navalny-l…

Norway is sounding the alarm after discovering that Russia is no longer only disrupting the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) across the border, but also spoofing GPS signals, an attack that can cause significant disruption to commercial aviation thebarentsobserver.com/news/we-were-s…

"Norway deplores the sentencing.... The independence of lawyers must be protected. Defending political dissidents is not a crime". Norwegian Foreign Ministry Norway MFA made a statement. Read more: thebarentsobserver.com/news/navalny-l…

Journalist, who wrote poems about political prisoners, is fined for 'discreditation of Russian army' thebarentsobserver.com/democracy-and-…