American B-52 first time ever over Finnish LaplandA pair of B-52 strategic bombers followed by tankers made a first-ever flight in the skies above Lapland north of Saariselkä Sunday morning. We spoke to the American journalist Samantha Berkhead, the editor-in-chief of the Moscow Times English language service after her news outlet was outlawed as “undesirable” in Russia. Longyearbyen airport had an average temperature of 6.1°C, which is 2.5°C above normal. This is the warmest June recorded at the station.For the first time since 2017 no larger warships will participate in Russia’s Main naval parade in the waters outside St. Petersburg. “Security reasons,” says Rear Admiral.Authorities search for those responsible for the incident.Sámi artist and activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen was one of the artists performing at the Riddu Riđđu festival in Manndalen in northern Norway, which took place July 10-13. The Barents Observer met with her during the festival to talk about what fuels her activism and the key issues she sees facing the Sámi People right now.Barents Observer journalist Olesia Krivtsova, who fled prosecution in Arkhangelsk last year, is one of several exile-Russians recently to discover that the repressive authorities have cancelled their main ID document.

A pair of B-52 strategic bombers followed by tankers made a first-ever flight in the skies above Lapland north of Saariselkä Sunday morning.We spoke to the American journalist Samantha Berkhead, the editor-in-chief of the Moscow Times English language service after her news outlet was outlawed as “undesirable” in Russia.Longyearbyen airport had an average temperature of 6.1°C, which is 2.5°C above normal. This is the warmest June recorded at the station.For the first time since 2017 no larger warships will participate in Russia’s Main naval parade in the waters outside St. Petersburg. “Security reasons,” says Rear Admiral.Authorities search for those responsible for the incident.Sámi artist and activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen was one of the artists performing at the Riddu Riđđu festival in Manndalen in northern Norway, which took place July 10-13. The Barents Observer met with her during the festival to talk about what fuels her activism and the key issues she sees facing the Sámi People right now.Barents Observer journalist Olesia Krivtsova, who fled prosecution in Arkhangelsk last year, is one of several exile-Russians recently to discover that the repressive authorities have cancelled their main ID document.