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.
Officials from foreign ministries and universities in Norway and Russia meet in Arkhangelsk next week to design stronger east-west ties for higher education.
The non-governmental organization Kola Ecological Center in Apatity believes they are under watch as Russia’s new NGO-law enters force from November 21.
Russia has seen several high profile corruptions scandals develop in just a few days. The Defense Minister was fired after a huge real estate scandal, and hundreds of millions of dollars went missing in Russia’s ambitious GLONASS project and in the APEC meeting in Vladivostok.
FSB accuses Ivan Moseev, the leader of an organization promoting the culture of the Pomors for high treason “with support from Norwegian special services”. If convicted, he faces 12 to 20 years in prison.
The former associate of Yukos-leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky will be released from the prison colony in Velsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, in July, a regional court decided.
New journal will provide knowledge and research news from the developments in the Barents region. “It will certainly contribute to strengthening cross-border science contact, says Urban Wråkberg with the Barents Institute.
The world’s northernmost Hells Angels motorcycle clubs are shoring up for cross-border cooperation. Police fears gang wars and more international organized crime.
The annual number of road fatalities in Europe is falling, with the exception of Russia. More than 17,000 people died and 166,000 were injured in the first eight months this year.
