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.
The Population Reference Bureau believes that the number of Russians in 2050 will total 110,1 million people. That is more than the estimates from the UN.
The international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has placed Russia among the countries “under surveillance” in this year’s report on world web control.
In May the BarentsObserver news desk will be expanded with the aid of two Canadian journalism students. Samia Madwar and Ora Morison have been given the Norwegian Embassy to Canada’s annual travel award, which is an internship at BarentsObserver.com.
Just few kilometers from the border to Finland, Russia’s once richest man is spending his days doing physical labor – and reading and writing – in a prison camp.
