Two hundred kilometres above the Arctic Circle hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers are finding a new life in northern Norway, but recently the doors have been shutting on those desperate to start fresh in the High North.
Oktybrsky court in Arkhangelsk finds head of the Pomor society guilty as charged of derogation of ethnic groups “Russians.” Ivan Moseev says to BarentsObserver he will appeal the verdict all the way to the Supreme Court.
Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to expand the Fellowship program for Studies in the High North to include students from Japan and South Korea.
Senior Research Fellow Lars Rowe at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the history of the nickel plant in Pechenga close to the border to Norway.
“I am surprised that such a show trail is taking place now,” said Pyotr Kirpita, head of the Union of Slavic Peoples when giving testimony in the ongoing trail in Arkhangelsk against Ivan Moseev who is accused by FSB of inciting hatred towards Russians.
