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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

Russia puts Arctic research stations on ice

Russia will no longer be conducting scientific research from stations on drifting ice floes in the Arctic. There are simply no ice floes left.

March 21, 2014

Regional cooperation more important than ever

Amidst raising tensions between Russia and western countries, the regional people-to-people contacts across the Norwegian-Russian border continue to develop. Severomorsk and Sør-Varanger are now renewing their agreement on cooperation.

March 20, 2014

Norway-Russia environmental cooperation in jeopardy

Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment Tine Sundtoft has canceled a planned trip to Russia next week as a reaction to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

March 19, 2014

Russia ready to work on shelf in ten years

Russia will only be technologically ready to produce oil and gas from the shelf in 10-12 years, a Russian expert says.

March 19, 2014

Nuclear submarine on fire

Nuclear powered submarine “Krasnodar” on fire during decommissioning work at the naval yard Nerpa north of Murmansk Monday morning. The submarine is the sistership of “Kursk” of the Oscar-II class and has two nuclear reactors.

March 17, 2014

One nation under cod

TROMSØ: Norwegian export of seafood continues to grow. Only in February the export amounted to NOK 5.4 billion (€651.6 million), representing an increase of NOK 1.2 billion or 29 percent compared to February 2013. Although salmon still accounts for a major part of the export, demand for cod - both salted and fresh, has grown considerably.

March 17, 2014

Snow crabs have found niche in Barents Sea ecosystem

TROMSØ: Since the first five specimens of snow crab were found in the Barents Sea in 1996, the population has exploded. There is now ten times as much snow crab than king crab in the area, and scientists are just starting to find out how this new species has adopted to life in the Barents Sea.

March 12, 2014

Military return to Alakurtti

As BarentsObserver earlier reported, the Russian Armed Forces plan to reopen a former military base on the Kola Peninsula. The base is Alakurtti on the border to Finland.

March 06, 2014

USA cancels joint exercises with Russia

The U.S. administration plans to cancel participation in the Northern Eagle and FRUKUS naval exercises as part of political and economic measures against Russia following the recent events in Ukraine.

March 05, 2014

Russia to build new power line to Norway

Russia’s Federal Grid Company, operator and manager of Russia’s unified electricity transmission grid system, plans to build a 9 billion rubles energy bridge between Russia and Norway.

March 05, 2014