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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/governor-murmansk-is-under-drone-attack/102409
Sep 11, 2024 - 'An attack by enemy drones is taking place in our region,' Andrei Chibis says in a statement.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/governor-signs-contract-with-chinese-shipper-says-murmansk-can-become-hub-for-icy-silk-road/438199
Nov 18, 2025 - Cooperation with the shipping company NewNew Shipping Line could give the region a key position in Chinese container shipping across the Arctic, says governor...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-region-lost-10-percent-of-its-population-during-the-years-of-fullscale-war/441127
Nov 24, 2025 - Up to 30 percent of the population has disappeared from some of the closed military towns of the Northern Fleet, according to calculations by the news-outlet...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-grey-cardinal-returns-to-severomorsk/420564
Nov 21, 2024 - Vladimir Yevmenkov for years worked as the deputy of Murmansk governor Andrei Chibis. The former interior ministry official now returns to the post as Mayor of...
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/27/in-photos-murmansk-left-in-the-dark-after-arctic-storm-batters-power-grid-a91791
Feb 20, 2026
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/this-is-how-an-agent-from-murmansk-built-a-network-in-northern-norway/225996
May 20, 2024 - Sergei Goncharov and the Russian Geographical Society over several years cultivated a web of partners in neighbouring Norway. Today, he is unwilling to answer...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmanskpopulation-falls-another-2900-people/232359
Oct 9, 2024 - There are no 653,600 inhabitants in the region, down 2,900 from January 1.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/life-and-public/as-ukrainian-counterattacks-intensify-murmansk-steps-up-investments-in-occupied-town-primorsk/118422
Sep 14, 2023 - North Russian Governor Andrei Chibis this week made a second visit to the Ukrainian town on the Azov Sea coast. Not long ago, Primorsk was under heavy...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/travel/cruise-lines-remove-white-sea-murmansk-itineraries-after-putins-invasion-of-ukraine/168101
Feb 27, 2022 - Regent Seven Seas Cruises plans to remove St. Petersburg, Solovki, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk from its cruises this year, while Hurtigruten Expeditions says it...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/shipbuilders-in-murmansk-put-their-faith-in-a-46yearold-floating-dock/438019
Sep 30, 2025 - A 220-metre-long and 70-metre-wide floating dock that has been lying idle in a nuclear submarine base for more than 30 years is getting new life as part of an...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/on-updated-us-sanctions-list-is-a-naval-design-company-from-murmansk/419761
Nov 1, 2024 - The 171 Separate Design Technological Bureau is known for building new weapons solutions for Russian naval vessels, including nuclear submarines. More than 15...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/back-to-the-future-murmansk-unveils-stalin-bust/436152
Sep 3, 2025 - 'This is not about memory, but about justifying terror,' says Agnessa Haikara, a former member of the Communist Party in Murmansk.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-newsonline-fined-for-article-about-barents-observer-lawyer/438300
Oct 3, 2025 - The reason was the absence of 'foreign agent' labelling for Maxim Olenichev, who represented Barents Observer in court.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/arctic/a-new-floating-dock-is-on-its-way-from-istanbul-to-murmansk/119741
Sep 20, 2024 - The Turkish Kuzey Star Shipyard has completed construction of a 220 meter long dock for repair of Russian nuclear icebreakers.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/on-this-graveyard-in-murmansk-rest-165-warriors-killed-in-ukraine/112194
Aug 29, 2024 - A special section has been established in one of the Murmansk city cemeteries to get space for the many young men killed in the war of aggression.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/travel/old-icebreakers-eye-upgrades-for-murmanskvladivostok-tourism/169317
Mar 7, 2023 - As international cruise liners pull out of the Russian Arctic amid Ukraine war, a domestic initiative launches month-long voyages along the Northern Sea Route.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/ukrainian-drones-are-on-the-way-murmansk-again-closes-airspace/166796
Sep 12, 2024 - For the second day in a row, aviation authorities in the north Russian region redirect all civilian flights as Ukrainian attack drones are reported to be in...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/climate-crisis/september-heat-record-for-murmansk/125219
Sep 4, 2024 - The hotter-than-normal summer in Russia’s northwest corner is continued into September with temperatures never seen before on record for the month.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/as-bombs-fall-on-ukrainian-churches-the-metropolitan-of-murmansk-says-this-is-a-war-against-antichrist/162066
Mar 25, 2022 - The church leader from the militarised Russian region calls on his parish to pray for the successful accomplishment of the 'sacred' mission.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/a-norwegian-antitank-weapon-is-on-display-in-murmansk-childrens-centre/443025
Jan 5, 2026 - The kids that visit the so-called Centre for civic and patriotic education in Murmansk can take a closer look at Russian 'war trophies,' among them a used...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-steps-up-protection-against-drone-attacks/382107
Oct 17, 2024 - After several attacks by Ukrainian drones, the north Russian region now installs anti-drone nets over boiler houses and other key infrastructure objects.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/washing-young-brains-in-murmansk-vladimir-medinsky-came-to-town/231719
Oct 3, 2024 - During his visit to the far northern region, the Kremlin spin doctor and school textbook writer met with representatives of the local Military-Historical...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/life-and-public/top-murmansk-church-man-says-dark-forces-are-hampering-his-projected-downtown-cathedral/149170
Feb 2, 2022 - Metropolitan Mitrofan is ready to erect his monumental church building in a central city park. But many locals fiercely oppose the plans.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/praised-by-putin-in-murmansk-in-march-today-major-general-gudkov-is-confirmed-killed-in-ukrainian-strikenbspnbsp/432665
Jul 3, 2025 - Deputy head of the Russian Navy, Major General Mikhail Gudkov, is one of the most senior military officers killed since Putin ordered the full-scale invasion...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/politics/popular-barents-ministers-to-murmansk/252448
Oct 21, 2024 - The Barents Council Foreign Ministers that meet next week in Murmansk are all some of their countries most respected and popular ministers.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-church-leader-who-calls-for-denazification-of-ukraine-pays-visit-to-occupied-land/437756
Sep 26, 2025 - During his visit to Mariupol, Metropolitan Mitrofan asserted that both Donbass and Murmansk are frontline regions in the so-called 'Russian world.'
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmansk-school-hires-soldier-from-ukraine-war-to-teach-children-how-to-operate-drones/438314
Oct 3, 2025 - In the governor's lyceum in the city of Murmansk, teenagers are taught to operate drones. Although this is presented as an opportunity to acquire a...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/eu-considers-stricter-seafood-sanctions-but-cod-from-murmansk-goes-free/231884
Oct 3, 2024 - Cod aimed for fish and chips seems to survive the European Union’s next set of sanctions, while Alaska pollock for fish fingers faces ban.
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/putins-chief-negotiator-with-ukraine-just-arrived-from-murmansk/161173
Feb 28, 2022 - Vladimir Medinsky has by critics been compared to a 'propaganda minister of the Third Reich.' On the day before Russia's massive attack on Ukraine, he visited...
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https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/sent-to-die-murmansk-teen-becomes-one-of-the-youngest-to-be-killed-in-ukraine-war/438769
Oct 17, 2025 - Maksim Nasilovsky was killed one month and ten days after he turned 18. He was recruited into the army from prison where he was serving a 5-year sentence for...
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