After a several thousand kilometre voyage, the 22-year-old, 248 meter long Matari on July 25 made port call in Murmansk. The tanker is one of more than 30 carriers sanctioned by the EU that shuttle to ...

Vladimir Putin attended the flag raising ceremony for the Knyaz Pozharsky (K-555), a Borei-A class strategic submarine.

"The midnight sun just throws you all off. When you're supposed to sleep, it's still light," a tourist from Holland told the ...

The Barents Observer follows the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the document Right and Duties of the Editor. We report under full editorial independence and have no external interference.

To further discourage its citizens from freely seeking or expressing the truth, officials in Russia are applying the label “foreign agent” to inspirational figures from the past. Recent examples ...

The Northern Fleet marks a huge 94,000 km2 of the Barents Sea as 'dangerous' for civilian shipping as live missile firings ...

The Barents Observer is not afraid of Putin. It is Putin and his allies who are terrified of independent media. Because ...

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In principle it is possible to circumvent the state’s plan by using a VPN. But only 50% of Russian internet users have a VPN; ...