A reefer with shady connections to occupied Crimea is zigzagging outside Norway's Arctic coast

The latest satellite photos of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, for instance, illustrate the extent to which local glaciers have melted. "We need to dramatically reduce emissions", - a new research emphasises.

Finnair adds three direct flights to Lapland from European cities. Umeå and Vaasa also get connected with 9 weekly frequencies.

Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Karelia, two dead.

Aleksandr from the Russian border town of Nikel used to go shopping in Kirkenes, the nearby Norwegian town. Then he went to war, and never came back. He is one of a rapidly growing number of local men killed in Russia's war of aggression

Moscow is making great efforts in building its Runet — a closed and strictly controlled Russian internet. The Barents Observer has compiled an overview of what is happening in the Russian segment of the internet

The upgrade on the Kotelny island is just a small part of what appears to be a much larger modernisation programme for meteorological stations across the Russian Arctic, which covers 53% of the Arctic Ocean's coastline.

A total of 36,2 million tons of cargo was shipped on the Northern Sea Route in 2025. A major part of it was carried by 'shadow fleet' ships unsuitable for sailing in the Arctic

The arch-conservative and militant church leader from Murmansk stands at the front of a new partnership between the Orthodox Church and the Russian government on the incorporation of spirituality and 'traditional values' in Russian sports

October in Norway this year was the eighth warmest on record since measurements began in 1901. #climate

🇷🇺 Consulate General in Kirkenes 🇳🇴 continues to recruit employees from the FSB Border Guard Service. Read about how the Barents Observer discovered Denis Kurilov's covert background.

Putin handed out state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater drone. They have laid the foundation for a new generation reactor-powered weapons, he said

Putin's Security Council escalates nuclear-test wordings. #NovayaZemlya #Putin #NuclearTests #Russia

Meet Denis Kurilov, second person with an FSB background at Russia's Consulate General in #Kirkenes. Read about how the Barents Observer tracked the newest employee sent to Norway back to security unit No. 9804, FSB's Border Guard institute in Yaroslav. www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/meet-de...

The Russian patriotic organisation that is closely connected with the Kremlin and the Russian Defence Ministry opens a so-called Expedition and Tourist Centre on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago

Preparing for trouble: The European Commission has granted €16,4 million to improve border security along Norway’s 198 kilometres border with Russia.

OPINION: For Vladimir Putin and his ex-KGB cohort, threatening with the new reactor-powered, nuclear-capable weapons systems brings Soviet nostalgia back onto the table. A look into history can help elucidating today's escalating Russian nuclear brinksmanship.

The Khabarovsk was rolled out from the ship hall in Severodvinsk on Saturday. This submarine is the first in a class of vessels to be armed with Russia's new doomsday-weapon, the underwater nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed torpedo-looking robotic weapon.

Arctic tourism: Some experts anticipate that the cancellation of evening direct flights from Oslo to Kirkenes by Scandinavian Airlines in October this year will be a significant blow to the local tourism industry.

Following the introduction of new American and European sanctions, all of Putin’s grand Arctic projects are subjected to an international ban

Seven 🇷🇺 Tu-95 MS bombers from Olenya air base on the Kola Peninsula targeted Ukraine in mass missile strike last night.

"The international community should react strongly and impose sanctions against everyone that are doing trade and business with Rosatom, the Russian state corporation that are developing the reactors and nuclear warheads for these new systems," says Frederic Hauge with the Bellona Foundation.

Russia claims successful test of 'Poseidon' nuclear-powered underwater drone. This "phycological weapon" test took place less than a week after the Burevestnik test at Novaya Zemlya.

"Recent data is showing renewables surpassed coal as the world's largest energy source this year,” UN #Climate Change Executive Secretary said.

Occupied territories and the Arctic are key focus areas as Putin declares 2027 ‘Year of Geography’

No radiation measured in Norway after Putin's nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile allegedly flew 14,000 km over the Arctic last Tuesday ☢️ 🚀 ⚛️

Sweeping new sanctions against the aggressor state

NOW: Russia on October 22 tested all three legs of its nuclear triad as part of the annual Grom (Thunder) strategic nuclear drills. An upgraded submarine from the 1980s played a key role

Three days after Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, a cargo ship previously used for Russian weapons deliveries set out from the north Russian port of Arkhangelsk towards Tartus, Syria

Moscow puts money on the table to raise two wrecked nuclear submarines from the Arctic seabed.

Russian 'spy ships' snoop on German Navy's large Arctic exercise #MaritimeFiringExercise

Russia readies Barents Sea for annual nuclear strategic exercise Grom (Thunder).

Half of the CO₂ released by human activities, such as through burning fossil fuels, enters the atmosphere... This impacts the climate all over the planet, including the Arctic.

The clergy in Russia's northern naval base of Severomorsk sends a greeting to Andrei Cherichenko, the militant priest who is fighting on occupied land

Maksim had just turned 18 when he was sent by Murmansk authorities to be killed on the battlefields in Ukraine.

One of the world’s biggest and most prestigious law firms has joined forces with a group of Sámi reindeer herders in the municipality of Inari to lodge a complaint at the United Nations against the Finnish government.

New UK sanctions target Rosneft, Putin's biggest oil company and a major funder of the war of aggression

The German Navy starts its largest naval firing exercise in decades off the coast of Andøya, Norwegian Sea

Alarm in Pechenga as Investigative Committee slams local authorities over war memorial. According to committee leader Aleksandr Bastrykin, the far northern municipality located along border to Norway, Finland has failed to preserve a local memorial

Barents Observer journalist Denis Zagore was Friday added to the Russian Justice Ministry's list of so-called 'foreign agents'.

Some experts we spoke to are worried about the "growing, unorganized part of the tourism industry during the high season, who “skim the cream” before leaving again.” Another challenge for the upcoming season - the local airport, which is at the limit of its capacity.

New Google Earth satellite images reveals how Russia is preparing for possible Ukrainian drone strikes at the Central Test Site for nuclear weapons at Severny on Novaya Zemlya.

Igor Rudenya is sanctioned by the international community for his involvement in the abduction of Ukrainian children. He now takes over the post as Putin's plenipotentiary in the Northwest Federal District

Murmansk news-online fined for article about Barents Observer lawyer. Forgot to mention that he is branded as a so-called 'foreign agent'. www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmans...

Google Earth has updated its images of Novaya Zemlya, the Arctic archipelago where Russia’s nuclear weapon designers are conducting tests of their latest inventions. The Barents Observer zooms in 📡 and highlight the facilities at Pankovo test site for the Burevestnik ⚛️ ☢️ missile.

The ultra-nationalistic organisation Russkaya Obshchina (Russian Community) is gaining strength in Russian regions

Smiling FSB boss who previously served in Russian occupied Abkhazia was this week welcomed to Norway by military commander to talk cooperation along northern land- and maritime border.

Governor signs contract with Chinese shipper, says Murmansk can become hub for 'icy silk road'

This year's September was confirmed as the third warmest September on record in the whole of Norway. “We can clearly see that the summer heat extended into the autumn season, while winter is shrinking,” climate scientist Hans Olav Hygen said.

A top meeting between the FSB's Border Directorate and the Norwegian Joint Headquarters today took place onboard a 🇸🇯 coast guard vessel. The FSB boss remained silent when asked by the Barents Observer about recent violations of Norwegian air space.