Kids in Russia's North had a summer with weapons training and war propagandaTuesday’s signal intelligence flights clearly demonstrate NATO’s need to keep an eye on Russia’s military powerbank, the Kola Peninsula, and why Norway’s self-imposed restrictions in eastern Finnmark become a strange isolated spot on the map. Thousands of Russian school children have spent this summer in camps where they have been drilled in patriotism and handling of weapons The number of Russian citizens holding a still-valid Schengen visa to Finland is 30 times higher compared to Norwegian-issued Schengen visas, national broadcaster YLE reports. She was detained and persecuted for her anti-war activism in Arkhangelsk. She outsmarted the FSB and fled Russia. Today, Olesia Krivtsova is employed as journalist in the Barents Observer. In thick Arctic sea-ice, 150 meter long icebreaking cruise vessel Le Commandant Charcot makes acquaintance with Russia’s 50 Let Pobedy.

Tuesday’s signal intelligence flights clearly demonstrate NATO’s need to keep an eye on Russia’s military powerbank, the Kola Peninsula, and why Norway’s self-imposed restrictions in eastern Finnmark become a strange isolated spot on the map.Thousands of Russian school children have spent this summer in camps where they have been drilled in patriotism and handling of weaponsThe number of Russian citizens holding a still-valid Schengen visa to Finland is 30 times higher compared to Norwegian-issued Schengen visas, national broadcaster YLE reports.She was detained and persecuted for her anti-war activism in Arkhangelsk. She outsmarted the FSB and fled Russia. Today, Olesia Krivtsova is employed as journalist in the Barents Observer.In thick Arctic sea-ice, 150 meter long icebreaking cruise vessel Le Commandant Charcot makes acquaintance with Russia’s 50 Let Pobedy.

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Norway has with different degrees self-imposed restrictions on military activities in eastern Finnmark. NATO allies and partners do not conduct signal intelligence flights aimed at Russia over Norwegian air space east of the Porsanger fjord (red with blue lines). East of the Tana Fjord (red), non-Norwegian fighter jets are not allowed. On Tuesday, August 22, a Swedish Air Force plane collected info from the Kola Peninsula by flying all north in Finland, while a US Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint collected data from north of the Kola Peninsula. Map: Barents Observer / Google maps / FlightRadar24
August 23, 2023
Российский флаг на дрейфующем льду. Фото: кадр видео Арктического и Антарктического научно-исследовательского института
August 22, 2023
Olesia Krivtsova will devote most of her work in the Barents Observer to stories about the war in Ukraine, repression in Russia, women’s rights, as well as environmental issues in the North. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
August 21, 2023
Icebreaking cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot sails along with Russian nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy near North Pole. Photo: screenshot from video
August 20, 2023

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