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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

2013 saw record number in border-crossings

The Storskog-Borisoglebsk border crossing point between Norway and Russia saw a record number of 320,042 crossings in 2013.

January 03, 2014

Russia bans Norwegian fish

Russia from January 1 partially banned imports of fish from Norway. The ban affects 485 Norwegian companies, or 90 percent of the country’s registered suppliers to Russia.

January 02, 2014

Solberg: No boycott of Sochi

Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg says she wants to visit Sochi for the Olympics, despite other countries’ leaders deciding to drop participation.

December 20, 2013

Northern Sea Route no alternative to Suez – Deputy Minister

The Northern Sea Route will never be an alternative to the Suez Canal but will play a crucial role in Arctic offshore projects, says Russia’s Deputy Minister of Transport Viktor Olersky.

December 19, 2013

Russia sends aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean

Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Northern Fleet’s “Admiral Kuznetsov” left its base outside Severomorsk and is sailing on a mission to the Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas.

December 18, 2013

Huge mineral resources on Norwegian shelf

According to new scientific estimates the sea bottom within the Norwegian economic zone can hold resources worth as much as NOK 1000 billion (€118,5 billion).

December 17, 2013

Border-crossings beat all records

This weekend person number 300.000 crossed the Norwegian-Russian border. This is nearly 40 percent more than one year ago.

December 17, 2013

Finland supports data cable along Northern Sea Route

Finland has voiced its support for a Russian plan to build a 14,900 kilometers long undersea data cable along the Northern Sea Route, linking Asia and Europe.

December 16, 2013

Russia builds huge nuclear missile depot in Severomorsk

Russia has started building storages for more than 100 Bulava missiles some 120 kilometers from the border to Norway.

December 13, 2013

Russia threatens with embargo on Norwegian fish

Russian authorities want a total ban on import of fish from Norway, claiming Norwegian fish contains too much bacteria and parasites for human consumption.

December 13, 2013