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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

Putin calls Russia-Norway relations promising

The Russian President expresses his hope that the good relations between Norway and Russia will continue.

November 26, 2014

No, Norway has not frozen contacts with Russia

Norway has not frozen all political contacts with Russia, as a Ukraine newspaper reported after an interview with Prime Minister Erna Solberg. “Sloppy translation,” the Prime Minister’s office claims.

November 26, 2014

Statoil expands Arctic gas plant

Statoil plans to expand its Snøhvit gas plant outside Northern Norway for NOK 21 billion.

November 25, 2014

Russia warming 2.5 times faster than rest of the world

Global warming will have more impact on Russian than any other area of the world, this will give the country certain advantages as longer navigation period and shorter heat supply seasons, Head of Meteorology says.

November 25, 2014

Russian Arctic Command from December 1st

President Vladimir Putin confirms that on a new strategic formation will be established on Monday – the Northern Fleet-United Strategic Command. The formation will have as its main objective to defend Russia’s interests in the Arctic.

November 25, 2014

Finland plans tuition fees for non-EEA students

Finland’s government is planning to introduce tuition fees for higher-education students coming from outside the European Economic Area.

November 24, 2014

Construction of second new border guard station started

Norway is modernizing its border guard service. This week construction of the country’s second new border guard station on the border to Russia began.

November 21, 2014

Service reindeer for police in Russia's Arctic

Russian authorities are considering establishing a ‘reindeer police force’ to help combat crime in the Yamalo-Nenets tundra region.

November 21, 2014

Children welfare to diplomatic levels

The Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner accuses Norway for terror against Russian families living in the country and claims that Norwegian child welfare authorities have taken 55 children away from Russian mothers in course of the last three years.

November 20, 2014

Third shipment of Prirazlomnoye oil delivered to Europe

Gazprom Neft has so far shipped 200,000 tons of oil from its platform in the Russian Arctic.

November 18, 2014