Et bilde av Amedia-sjef Anders Opdahl med Ray-Bans Meta-briller foran Amedia-logoen er mer enn et uskyldig portrett. Det viser en norsk mediebransje som kritiserer plattformgigantene offentlig, samtidig som den både tilpasser seg og kopierer den samme logikken.

Wow! Russia's war hits Russia's capital. Massive fires across Moscow refineries hit by drones.

Empty rooms: Moscow airspace this morning as the one refinery after the other is hit. Dozens of drones bring Russia's war back to Russia.

Russian satirist Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland. All dictators hate satire.

Terrifying.

I’m very glad to see FSB’s dark prosecutor from the 90ties in St Petersburg, Aleksandr Gutsan, on EU’s latest sanction list.

Cool to see that the Barents Observer attracts readers across the Eurasian and Indo-Pacific regions. Not only a few either. .. this article alone, about the 🇷🇺 Navy, has gained more than 46,000 readers the last 48 hours. www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/nuc...

Russia's "traditional values" my ass. This is the real state ideology championed by the Kremlin.

Three 🇸🇪 citizens were tonight fined 8000 NOK each (about €750) by 🇳🇴 police for throwing stones across the border with 🇷🇺 at Grense Jakobselv.

Our Russian language edition monitors how the war impacts the one gas station after the other in Murmansk, Karelia and other north-regions. ru.thebarentsobserver.com/novosti/pere...

After 15 years of modernisation, another 🇷🇺 Akula-class submarine will soon be back in service, now able to carry ☢️ nuclear-capable Kalibr cruise missiles.

To all my colleagues still using X: is this not enough evidence that you must stop using it?

The Barents Observer has met defectors from Russia's bloody war against Ukraine. This is their story. “They pulled down my trousers, and the officer picked up a bottle and said, ‘I’m going to ram this into you.’ After two days of beatings, I realised perfectly well that he was capable of it.

Russian flags are banned at many sports venues across Europe. Yet at the Spitsbergen Marathon in Longyearbyen, this nationalist—brought to Svalbard aboard the Professor Molchanov—felt entitled to wave the 🇷🇺 tricolor after winning the men's 10 km race. I add two other photos from his Instagram.

Blir spennende å høre hvilke vei- og jernbaneprosjekter ‘i hele Norge’ som må kuttes fordi Senterpartiet har fått gjennomslag for at båter skal seile gjennom fjell.

Pete Hegseth compares the allies who stormed the beaches to defeat Nazi Germany with refugees and migrants coming from war torn and impoverished countries, whom he loathes. I think we know where his sympathies lie. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Black smoke fills the skyline behind the Main Navy Museum in St. Petersburg. A powerful and symbolic image, carrying a simple message to Russia’s naval community: stop your crazy war against Ukraine.

This is the first time we see nettings covering nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed subs in the Northern Fleet. But is it likely that Ukrainian freedom fighters will strike these subs?

"Norway's dilemma is that we are, as a nation, petroholics. We know perfectly well that fossil fuel is a fundamental threat to human health, ecosystems and biodiversity. We just need to drill one more Arctic oil field before closing time," writes editor Thomas Nilsen in this OpEd.

Wiped out Tu-142MR could be a significant blow to the Northern Fleet.

"Den alminnelige, brede oppfatningen i Finnmark er at konsulatet i praksis fungerer som en utplassering av praktikanter som skal bli operatører i FSB, som et ledd i at Russland bruker Norge som et laboratorium for hybride operasjoner, tatt rett ut av KGBs gamle håndbøker."

The 🇺🇸 fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN-774) is currently docked in Tromsø, northern 🇧🇻, likely for supply. May 29 was the final day of NATO's Dynamic Mongoose 26 anti-submarine warfare exercise held in the Norwegian Sea. Tracking of 🇷🇺 multirole ⚛️ subs in Arctic waters continues.

Romania has closed the 🇷🇺 Consulate General. Norway should close 🇷🇺 Consulate in Kirkenes. Moscow’s spokesperson, Zakharova, has publicly described the mayors of Kirkenes & Vardø as “vandals,” “Russophobic,” and “fascist.” Such rhetoric towards elected mayors in our border region is unacceptable.

I dag ble Norsk Folkehjelps base for minerydding i Sumy 🇺🇦 skadet i et russisk angrep. Her hjemme stiller lokallaget i Kirkenes i første rekke - med logo og jakker - når 🇷🇺 Generalkonsulat har sitt årlige propaganda show ved krigsmonumentet 9. mai.

Today, the Norwegian People’s Aid’s base for mine clearance activities in 🇺🇦 Sumy was damaged in a Russian attack. Meanwhile, the local branch in 🇧🇻 Kirkenes played an active role, with logos, in the 🇷🇺 propaganda show on May 9, laying wreaths at the war monument together with Moscow's diplomats.

Putin signed a law canceling debts for people who sign contracts to fight in Ukraine. I guess the Kremlin expects little economic impact, since many of those sent to the front may never return to repay loans anyhow.

“Here in Kirkenes, you stand on the front line. You are the main watchtower of the democratic world in the north,” said Ukraine’s Ambassador to Norway Oleksiy Gavrysh during his visit to the Norwegian border town

Har korrigert overskriften litt for dere, NTB. Bare hyggelig! Si ifra hvis det er noe annet dere trenger hjelp med i klimajournalistikken.

Chinese navy delegation meets Northern Fleet in Murmansk

The 🇺🇸 group coming to #Svalbard this weekend consists of eight senators, accompanied by staff and military liaison officers. The visit is part of a circumpolar tour to the four Arctic nations of Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland and Norway.

Lavrov is experiencing serious psychotic symptoms: "The West is creating a united group in Europe under the auspices of Nazism with the aim of attacking Russia."

Putin's ☢️ show has started... kremlin.ru/events/presi...

Imagine such day soon coming to the Norwegian and Icelandic parliaments 🤗 🇳🇴🇮🇸🇪🇺

Over the next 4 years, Rosatom will tow 3 or 4 floating nuclear power plants from St. Petersburg, across the Baltic Sea and further around Scandinavia. First to Murmansk, then along the Northern Sea Route to Cape Naglounyn in Chukotka. ☢️ ⚛️.

‘Grensen er en av Russlands eldste og Norges yngste,’ skriver Støre i denne kronikken. Han vet at dette er feil. I perioden 1920 til 1944 tilhørte hele Petsamo ut til Barentshavet Finland. Grenseområdet mot Norge måtte Finland under tvang avstå til Sovjetunionen i 1944 (formelt i 1947).

Russia's way of militarising #Svalbard. A must read article for everyone interested in hybrid operations and the Arctic.

When the 🇷🇺 government’s newspaper Rossiskaya Gazeta lists the Barents Observer as a ‘leading global media (Ведущие мировые СМИ), it must be true 😇🤣

Donald’s move is a fairly transparent attempt to borrow a page from Vladimir’s playbook: sow division among European countries. Needless to say, he will not succeed 🇪🇺

Article about this in daily Aftenposten (in Norwegian):

Kirkenes 🇳🇴 marked 9 May at the war memorial. In front, 🇷🇺 consul general. Difficult to understand his speech because locals were singing Ukrainian songs louder.

Russia staged a history-themed propaganda event on the eve of 8 May at Cap Heer, near Barentsburg in Svalbard, featuring teenagers in military-style uniforms, as well as Soviet and Russian flags and St George ribbons. This is why it is problematic:

Preparing for "victory day": In Nikel, a town near the borders with Norway and Finland, kindergarten teachers dressed up in military-style uniforms and staged war-themed games for children

This is (was) one of the warships that could do inter-fleet transfer to the Baltic Sea or White- and Barents Seas via Russia’s inland waterway system (Volga-Baltic-Karelia-White Sea canal).

It’s interesting how many people—both in Russia and in exile—who didn’t give a shit about the regime’s environmental damage across the country are now suddenly concerned about pollution from burning oil facilities during the war.

Det er flaut at regjeringens øverste representant på #Svalbard finner det like naturlig å bruke penger i en restaurant eid av et terrorregime som å bruke penger i en medlemseid norsk Coop-butikk. (sitatet er hentet fra Svalbardposten).

Kremlin propaganda is now deliberately fusing the memory of World War II with Russia’s war in Ukraine, recasting a present-day invasion as if it were the same historic fight for survival. It leans on the past to justify the present, distorting both in the process. (1/2)

Swedish Air Force says it intercepted two Russian Tu-22M3 intermediate-range (not “strategic”) bombers over the Baltic today. One photo shows a nuclear-capable Kh-32 air-to-surface missile under the belly of one of the bombers.

The more I read from Trump, the more optimistic I become about the future of independent media.

"The Russian economy can only enter one of two scenarios: long-term decline or shock. Either way, they will continue on a downslope to a financial disaster.’’

Today marks 30 years since we presented our report on mismanaged ☢️ safety within 🇷🇺 Northern Fleet at the G7 Nuclear Safety & Security Summit in Moscow. The report became the first to be banned from 🇷🇺 bookstores after the collapse of the of the USSR. Facts have always been dangerous for the FSB.