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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.

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Russian paratroopers conquer North Pole

Military paratroopers have have landed on the North Pole. See amazing video of 90 paratroopers with heavy gear jumping out in minus 70 degrees celsius.

April 10, 2014

Long expedition for “Yamal”

The nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal today leaves port of Murmansk for a two-month expedition to the Russian Arctic. The aim for the expedition is to study ice and weather conditions in the area to prepare for future oil and gas projects.

April 08, 2014

Skolt Sámi archives candidate for UNESCO list

The National Archives Service of Finland and the Sámi Archives have proposed including the Skolt Sámi archives in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Only 301 items have been listed in the register so far.

April 01, 2014

Emergency drill goes as planned

The annual Norwegian-Russian emergency drill “Exercise Barents” will be arranged as planned in the border areas in the Varanger Fjord in June.

April 01, 2014

Arctic Economic Council established

Today in Yellowknife, Canada, Senior Arctic Officials agreed to move forward with the creation of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC).

March 27, 2014

«Our cooperation continues as planned»

Cooperation between Norway and Russia’s Border Commissioners will continue as planned, says Norwegian Border Commissioner Colonel Ivar Sakserud.

March 26, 2014

Norway suspends all bilateral military activities with Russia

“Norway condemns Russia’s annexation of the Crimea and the use of armed force in Ukraine.

March 25, 2014

Klondike without diggers

The Kola Peninsula is rich in gold, but there are no companies to dig it out of the ground. Russian companies cannot afford it and foreign companies are not allowed in, a Russian scientist says.

March 25, 2014

Russia imports less fish from Norway

Russia in February imported 15,700 tons of fish and other seafood from Norway - 33.6 percent less than in the same period of 2013. The total value sank by 10 percent to €53.7 million.

March 24, 2014

Exercise Cold Response in final phase

Cold Response 2014 is coming to an end. The exercise brought together nearly 16,000 troops from 16 different countries to Northern Norway to train high-intensity operations in cold-weather environments. Russian observers took part as planned.

March 21, 2014