The renovation of the landmark statue ”Alesha” in Murmansk is completed.

Aleksandr Sakharov resigns as editor of Pravda Severa, the biggest newspaper in Arkhangelsk Oblast. Economic hardship is the reason, he says.

New statistical figures show that the number of poor in Russia has increased sharply over the first months of 2009.

The Russian State Duma yesterday adopted amendments in federal legislation on NGOs.

Exhibition containers in downtown Murmansk, Norwegian youth musical band singing Saami rap together with Russian pop music band NOGU SVELO, Norwegian films in city cinemas. The Norwegian Days in Murmansk 2010 had a lot to offer.

Russian authorities have closed the airport in Dikson, the country’s northernmost, because of insufficient security standards.