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Trude Pettersen

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Trude Pettersen worked for the Norwegian Barents Secretariat from 2008 - 2016 as the assistant editor of BarentsObserver. Trude graduated from the University of Tromsø in 2000 with a MA degree in Russian. She has also studied International Politics and Russia and Eastern Europe Area Studies. 

Content by Trude Pettersen

Time to tighten the belt

The current economic crisis will affect Murmansk Oblast harder than the one in 2008, warns Governor Marina Kovtun.

January 30, 2015

Nordic information office suspends activities

The Nordic Council of Ministers’ office in St.Petersburg has suspended or postponed many of its planned activities in Russia after being included on the list of NGOs considered as foreign agents.

January 29, 2015

Studying the snow crab

The snow crab has the potential of becoming the next big food resource from the Barents Sea. But does the snow crab also contain bioactive components that can be used in medicine and health food? The scientists have just started to search for an answer to that question.

January 22, 2015

Russia still open for cooperation in the Arctic

TROMSØ: “In the Arctic there are no problems that cannot be solved on the basis of mutual understanding and constructive dialogue,” says Arctic explorer Artur Chilingarov.

January 21, 2015

Scandinavian Arctic should cooperate more

TROMSØ: The Scandinavian Arctic can rise to become the most innovative, industrious and environmentally friendly growth region in Europe, a new report made by experts from Norway, Finland and Sweden reads.

January 20, 2015
Erna Solberg Alexander stubb and Kristian Persson

Discussed Arctic cooperation without mentioning Russia

TROMSØ: Erna Solberg, Alexander Stubb and Kristina Persson outlined strategies for growth and cooperation in the north. No attention was given to the man sitting directly in front of the on the first row; Putin’s former special envoy for the Arctic Artur Chilingarov.

January 20, 2015

Governance, climate, resources, shipping base for Asian interests in the Arctic

TROMSØ: Asian states have four common interests in the Arctic – global governance, climate change, resources and Arctic shipping, says Ian Storey, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.

January 19, 2015

Winter in Arkhangelsk

Take a look at how Russian Christmas is celebrated at Malye Korely open-air museum, what is looks like to cross the frozen Dvina river by foot in -27°C, and how beautiful the old northern town of Arkhangelsk can be in mid-winter.

January 16, 2015

State investments in Murmansk Oblast on top 5 list

Russia in 2014 concluded state orders amounting to 41.5 billion rubles for development of the Murmansk transport hub. This was the fifth largest state order last year.

January 16, 2015

Murmansk cinemas recommended not showing “Leviathan”

The regional government in Murmansk has recommended cinemas in the region not to show the Oscar-nominated film “Leviathan”, local media reports.

January 15, 2015