The Russian Northern Fleet’s strategic nuclear Delta-IV class submarine K-407 “Novomoskovsk” will be launched after in November after modernization at the Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk.

airBaltic is launching four new flights to destinations in Barents Region making Riga the new hub for interconnecting flights between east and west in the north.

Despite positive trends in industrial production, the serious economic setback in Arkhangelsk Oblast is now increasingly felt by the regional population. That could eventually results in growing popular discontent and social tensions, the latest Barents Monitoring report reads.

Russia’s newest nuclear powered multipurpose attack submarine the Graney (Yasen) class “Severodvinsk” will be launched from the Sevmash shipyard on May 7, Russian newspapers report.

The United Russia party won 55,9 percent of votes in Sunday’s elections in Arkhangelsk Oblast and secured its continued political control in the region.

The fourth submarine in the Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine will be constructed under new modification, RIA Novosti reports. Latest technical solutions will be applied in construction of the new sub; details are classified.

The Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, has removed nuclear fuel from the retired submarine “Borisoglebsk”.

The United Russia party in Novodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, has expelled city mayor Ivan Popov from the party following his conflicts with city officials and party colleagues.

A number of Russian regions violate federal budget legislation and pay their officials way beyond their capacities. Worst off is Arkhangelsk Oblast, a report from the federal Ministry of Finance reads.

One of the biggest energy consuming units in Arkhangelsk Oblast, the Arkhangelsk Thermal Plant, will be connected to the Russian gas pipeline grid in late March and transformed from oil to gas use in the course of summer.