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1 天前 · While Trump casts doubt on NATO policy, B-52 bombers conducted air-to-ground trop in Lapland This is the first time bombs have been dropped by United States strategic bombers, hitting targets in Rovajärvi firing range, a short 100 km from Finland's northern border with Russia.

2025年1月8日 · The Bryansk submarine has several times participated in Russia's large-scale nuclear deterrence exercises GROM (Thunder). She launched a missile during both GROM-2009 GROM-2013 the Barents Observer reported. She has also at one time launced a missile by breaking the ice at the North Pole, a former submarine …

2024年10月23日 · The USS Jason Dunham and USS Stout are part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group currently operating further south outside Norway.. Although the U.S. Naval Forces Europe in a press-release Wednesday evening tells that this is a “route maritime operates in the Barents Sea”, facts are different. US surface warships have stayed away from these waters after Russia launched its full ...

The Barents Observer is a journalist-owned online newspaper covering the Euro-Arctic region and northern Russia. Focused on delivering cross-border journalism, the Barents Observer provides daily news reports from Scandinavia, Russia and the Arctic. Our dedicated and experienced team of …

1 天前 · Irina Navalnaya, an IT specialist, is 27 years old, a citizen of Ukraine.When she and her mother evacuated from their home in Mariupol at the beginning of the full-scale war, they were forced to undergo “filtration” by the Russian police who harassed Irina because of her last name (by chance the same as that of Aleksei Navalny) and even put a gun to her head.

2025年1月14日 · In July 2023, Vladimir Putin himself came to have a look at developments. Together with regional governor Andrei Chibis, the Russian dictator flew low with helicopter over the Lavna area. "Everything necessary must be done to complete the Murmansk Transport Hub project as soon as possible," Putin underlined.. According to developers, the new seaport in the Kola Bay was to be ready for full ...

EU Arctic Policy 2.0: A call for responsible investments in the Arctic? (Opinion): Beside potential heavy geopolitical turbulences in the Arctic primarily due to Chinese ambitions in the backyard of the United States, the region is set to face a stronger pressure from investors to achieve its economic development in a sustainable way.

2024年12月9日 · The prize is named after Gunnar Sønsteby, Norway’s most decorated war hero, and is awarded annually to individuals or organisations who are brave defenders of fundamental democratic values.. For 2025, the award is shared equally between NRK’s Beirut-based journalist Yama Wolasmal and the Kirkenes-based Barents Observer.. The Memorial Fund writes that the Barents Observer gives a unique ...

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