Alexander Stubb, famous in the Barents Region for branding the north as the world´s most sexy region, is put on track to take over after Jyrki Katainen.
Oslo asks Moscow for an explanation after BarentsObserver earlier today reported that Russia’s sanctioned Deputy Prime Minister suddenly appeared on Svalbard.
Conservative leader Erna Solberg forms a minority government with the Progress party with parliament backing from the Liberals and Christian Democrats based on an agreement not to open for controversial Arctic oil drilling.
Long-serving Vladimir Torlopov is on President Dmitry Medvedev’s list of candidates for governor in the Komi Republic. That makes it likely that the regional leader is given green light for another term.
Mayor of Murmansk Sergey Subbotin is being accused for censorship and threats by the redactor in the Murmansk news paper Vecherni Murmansk Nataliya Chervyakova.
OSLO: The delineation deal on the until now disputed waters in the Barents Sea is a result of trust and hard work, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says.
The agreement on the delimitation of the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean strengthens trust between Russia and Norway, Murmansk Governor Dmitry Dmitriyenko says.
