The Barents Observer

17/12/2025

The Norwegian environmental organisation Nature and Youth has been declared an "undesirable organisation" in Russia. The organisation has worked with Russian partners for more than 30 years

The Norwegian environmental youth organisation has worked with Russian partners for more than 30 years.

16/12/2025

In a spectacular show of force, the Ukrainian Security Service used an underwater drone to destroy a Russian Varshavyanka-class submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk. A fleet of six subs of the same class is planned built for the Northern Fleet. They will all carry names of occupied Ukrainian cities

With an underwater drone, the Ukrainian Security Service destroyed an Improved Kilo-class (Varshavyanka) sub in the port of Novorossiisk. A fleet of six subs of the same class is planned built for the Northern Fleet. They will all carry names of occupied Ukrainian cities.

16/12/2025

The base is to be developed in cooperation with the Russian Geographical Society. It will be located on an ice floe and house researchers and tourists who are ready to pay a minimum of €40,000 for a five-day visit

The Artur Chilingarov Ice Base will be located on an ice floe and house researchers and tourists who are ready to pay a minimum of €40,000 for a five-day visit.

15/12/2025

Norway bet on a democratic development in Russia and invested heavily in building bridges - both literally and in a political and human sense, with neighbouring Russian regions. It failed. The government in Oslo is now preparing a plan for blowing up bridges in case of a Russian attack

Norway bet on a democratic development in Russia and invested heavily in building bridges - both literally and in a political and human sense, with neighbouring Russian regions. It failed. The government in Oslo is now preparing a plan for blowing up bridges in case of a Russian attack.

12/12/2025

Barents Observer journalist Olesia Krivtsova to be tried under 'foreign agent' article
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/democracy-and-media/barents-observer-journalist-olesia-krivtsova-to-be-tried-under-foreign-agent-article/442207

12/12/2025

The cargo turnover of the Murmansk Fish Port has almost halved since the beginning of 2025 and continues to decline — in December, the port expects to handle no more than 10,000 tonnes

Грузооборот Мурманского морского рыбного порта (ММРП) снизился почти вдвое с начала 2025 года и продолжает снижаться — в декабре порт рассчитывает обработать не бол...

12/12/2025

Russian lawmakers: Regime critics who 'hide abroad' will be punished https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/democracy-and-media/russian-lawmakers-regime-critics-who-hide-abroad-will-be-punished/442153

11/12/2025

PODCAST: Moscow has conducted numerous hybrid operations and provocations on Svalbard, says Stian Bones, history professor at the UiT Arctic University of Norway

Moscow has conducted numerous hybrid operations and provocations on Svalbard, says Stian Bones. The history professor at the UiT Arctic University of Norway talks with the Barents Observer about his new publication about the Norwegian Arctic archipelago.

10/12/2025

The Russian Northern Fleet is renaming its ships after killed aggressors

According to Russian authorities, Denis Vasilchenko killed 18 Ukrainian men before he himself was killed on the battlefield. Now the former Northern Fleet submariner and invader of foreign land is honoured with his name on a special purpose boat

09/12/2025

There were several powerful icebreakers in the area, but the 293-metre-long shadow tanker still did not manage to make it through the sea ice

There were several powerful icebreakers in the area, but the 293-metre-long gas carrier Buran still had to give up its efforts to reach the Utrenny terminal in the Gulf of Ob.

08/12/2025

The Northern Fleet’s new minesweeper is named after a Soviet captain who commanded one the USSR's many US-made minesweepers during 2WW

The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg has put the Dmitry Lysov on the water. The ship, which will be based in the Northern Fleet, is named after a captain who commanded one the USSR's many US-made minesweepers during 2WW.

08/12/2025

The talented cross-country skier used to represent CSKA, the sport club of the Russian armed forces. It could hamper his possibility to participate in international competitions, including the upcoming Olympic Games in Italy

The talented cross-country skier used to represent CSKA, the sport club of the Russian armed forces. It could hamper his possibility to participate in international competitions, including the upcoming Olympic Games in Italy.