Swallow a camel and increase your travel budget if you want a bed in Murmansk. A survey made by BarentsObserver rates Murmansk as the most expensive among the 10 largest cities in the Barents Region.
The maximum extent of Arctic sea ice before melting season starts is at its lowest ever measured by satellites. Without ice the Polar bear hardly survives.
There is a critical situation with gas in Murmansk Oblast, leader of a regional gas distribution company writes in an open letter to President Medvedev.
Head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer on Friday announced that he is dismissing his whole government following its inability to fulfill his instructions.
A UN report says the Nordic countries should boost their funding to the Sami parliaments in order to revitalise Sami languages and provide children of youth of that minority with an appropriate education.
The company has prepared a request to the Russian government to tender a new nickel deposit in the Voronezh region. The pollution on the Kola Peninsula could increase.
