On the border with Norway. Nationalist an pro-war Metropolitan Mitrofan of Murmansk lifted an icon of Boris and Gleb in front of the church named after the two 11th Century saints . Photo: diocese of Murmansk Ultranationalist Russian church leader assembles military...
Banned from elections. Leader of opposition party Yabloko Nikolai Rybakov. Photo: Yabloko Supreme Court removes only opposition party from election Russia’s Supreme Court on 10 August upheld a lawsuit and cancelled the registration of Yabloko’s federal candidate list...
Illustration: Atle Staalesen Analysis by Arctida How will the EU’s 21st sanctions package affect the Russian Arctic? Significantly parts of Russia’s Arctic economy are targeted. Arctida 13 August 2026 – 13:59 This article was originally published in...
Norway’s border with Russia is guarded by military soldiers with police authority. Here on patrol near Grense Jakobselv. Photo: Thomas Nilsen After two years in the wilderness, runaway defector crosses the border A Russian soldier in his late 20s who fought in...
Sailing north of the archipelago Severnaya Zemlya with an oil tanker not designed for Arctic operations is extremely risky, says Norwegian expert Norvald Kjerstad. Illustration photo: Rosatom/Kirill Razin In unprecedented Arctic operation, Russia sends convoy of oil...
Army Reserve Engineers Train Across Multiple Missions During Exercise Northern Strike Aug. 13, 2026 | By Army Sgt. De’Vante Martin, 412th Theater Engineer Command | Army Reserve soldiers assigned to two engineering companies spent the first week of Exercise...