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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 hunters came to Norway 10.000 years ago

New archaeological findings in the border areas between Norway and Finland suggest immigration and cultural contacts from today’s Russia to northern Finland and Norway 10.000 years ago.

January 13, 2014

Komi gets millions to move people

The Komi Republic will this year receive 468.7 million rubles (app €10.3 million) from the state budget to move people to more central parts of Russia.

January 13, 2014

Nuclear container ship to be put back in service

Russia has started repairs of the world’s only nuclear-powered container vessel «Sevmorput». It will be used in both commercial and military operations in the Russian Arctic.

January 10, 2014

Russia might ban meat, dairy products from Norway

Russia has enhanced control with meat and dairy products from Norway, following a ban on imports of fish from January 1.

January 10, 2014

Norwegian, Russian vessels cooperate on removing Syrian chemical weapons

The Norwegian frigate “KNM Helge Ingstad” and Russia’s Northern Fleet’s missile cruiser «Petr Veliky» are both involved in the UN mission to transport chemical weapons out of Syria.

January 08, 2014

Snøhvit stop after gas leak

Statoil has been forced to shut down production from its Melkøya LNG plant in northern Norway after a gas leak.

January 07, 2014

Icebreaker reactors to get prolonged life-time

Russia plans to extend the exploitation period for the nuclear-powered icebreaker «Yamal» to 2022.

January 07, 2014

Low and declining mercury in Arctic Russian rivers

While the level of mercury is high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the opposite is happening in Arctic Russian rivers, a new study shows.

January 07, 2014

Norway seafood exports surpass record

Norwegian export of seafood in 2013 beat all previous records. The value of the exports amounted to 61 billion NOK (€7.3 billion), 13 percent more than the previous record from 2010.

January 06, 2014

Two new nuclear-powered submarines to Northern Fleet

In course of the last week of December, Russia’s Northern Fleet received two brand new submarines. One new Borey-class ballistic missile submarine and one new Yasen-class attack submarine were put on duty in Russian Arctic waters before year-end.

January 03, 2014