Barents Sea Closed, Kyiv Bombed, Greenpeace Banned, Murmansk Shrinks, Separatist Flag on Svalbard.15 navy ships, submarines and support vessels take part in the exercise. Navigation- and flight warnings are issued for a huge area along Russia’s maritime border with Norway.War and sanctions notwithstanding, Russian state oilmen proceed with the development of the Vostok Oil project. It is to produce more than 100 million tons of oil per year and will be paramount for Putin to reach his much-desired ambitions for Arctic shipping. Undesirable Organization: Greenpeace was until Friday the last international environmental organization not attacked by repressive authorities in Russia. Eight of the ten strategic bombers launching cruise missiles on Ukraine overnight took off from the Olenya Air Base on the Kola Peninsula. The powerful vessel that is built for naval escorts through remote and icy waters did not sail the Northern Sea Route on its maiden voyage from St.Petersburg to the Russian Far East. The Russian state company Trust Arktikugol organised a May 9th parade in the settlement of Pyramiden. It included a snowmobile, a car, bulldozer and excavator. And a flag of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic. The brutal demographic figures for Russia’s Kola Peninsula continue sharp down. The population is nearly halved over the last three decades.Военный комиссар Карелии рассказал чиновникам о тактильном восприятии патриотизма и пригрозил аннулировать “брони” мужчинам, которых руководители предприятий не хотят отправлять в Украину.Количество россиян, въезжающих в Норвегию, снижается. И снизится еще — из-за санкционного давления и визовой политики. Путешествия, которые еще недавно для жителей приграничных регионов были обычным делом, скоро станут недоступной для большинства роскошью. The Batrents Observer разбирался, почему. Что нового на севере? Послушайте все наши новости за прошлую неделю.
15 navy ships, submarines and support vessels take part in the exercise. Navigation- and flight warnings are issued for a huge area along Russia’s maritime border with Norway.War and sanctions notwithstanding, Russian state oilmen proceed with the development of the Vostok Oil project. It is to produce more than 100 million tons of oil per year and will be paramount for Putin to reach his much-desired ambitions for Arctic shipping.Undesirable Organization: Greenpeace was until Friday the last international environmental organization not attacked by repressive authorities in Russia.Eight of the ten strategic bombers launching cruise missiles on Ukraine overnight took off from the Olenya Air Base on the Kola Peninsula.The powerful vessel that is built for naval escorts through remote and icy waters did not sail the Northern Sea Route on its maiden voyage from St.Petersburg to the Russian Far East.The Russian state company Trust Arktikugol organised a May 9th parade in the settlement of Pyramiden. It included a snowmobile, a car, bulldozer and excavator. And a flag of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic.The brutal demographic figures for Russia’s Kola Peninsula continue sharp down. The population is nearly halved over the last three decades.Военный комиссар Карелии рассказал чиновникам о тактильном восприятии патриотизма и пригрозил аннулировать “брони” мужчинам, которых руководители предприятий не хотят отправлять в Украину.Количество россиян, въезжающих в Норвегию, снижается. И снизится еще — из-за санкционного давления и визовой политики. Путешествия, которые еще недавно для жителей приграничных регионов были обычным делом, скоро станут недоступной для большинства роскошью. The Batrents Observer разбирался, почему.Что нового на севере? Послушайте все наши новости за прошлую неделю.
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The destroyer “Admiral Ushakov” sails out of Severomorsk, while “Admiral Lavshenko” stays at port. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet | At least 21 km of oil pipes stacked along the shores of the Yenisey River ready to be assembled as part of pipelines for the Vostok Oil. Photo: Vankorneft on VK | Last year, Greenpeace activists blocked a transshipment of 100,000 tonnes of Russian oil between two supertankers at sea in Danish waters. The activists demanded a ban on fossil fuels from Russia in order to stop fuelling the war economy. Photo: Kristian Buus / Greenpeace | A Tu-160 supersonic bomber making ready for take-off. Photo: Russian Defense Ministry | The “Evpatiy Kolovrat” is the second new icebreaker of the Russian Navy. Photo: mil.ru | The flag of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic in 9th of May parade in Pyramiden, Svalbard. Screenshot of video by Trust Aktikugol | Fewer children at the playground in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen May 15, 2023 News from the Russian Edition: | Военком Карелии Андрей Артемьев. Фото: ИА “Республика” | Storskog border checkpoint. Photo: Barents Observer | May 15, 2023 Want to support the Barents Observer? We fight Russian censorship and need help. Read more
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