Censorship agency Roskomnadzor calls the exercise a “routine” and will only take place in “certain regions,” Kommersant reports. The purpose is to ensure that Russia’s own internet, RuNet, is prepared ...

Russians can no longer download the RFE/RL app serving the news-sites of Siberia.Realities and North.Realities.

Vladimir Yevmenkov for years worked as the deputy of Murmansk governor Andrei Chibis. The former interior ministry official ...

"In my opinion, there is no point in slowing down YouTube," said Karen Shakhnazarov, general director of the Russian film ...

Modernisation of the nuclear-powered battle cruiser Admiral Nakhimov is far behind schedule as Russia itself need to produce ...

The 29-year-old ex-officer Dmitry Vasilets who served in Pechenga on the Russian-Norwegian border, spent 15 months in a penal ...

They continue to insult our country and its citizens. They also don't hesitate to say that they use the money to support the ...

In this isolated place with extreme weather, no roads and no running water, the Clean Arctic team spent almost 2,5 months: "All the barrels were put into a net and delivered by helicopter to 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.

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.

“We had just emptied the nets and put them out again, and was on our way back to shore at Sommarøya when we were called by the Coast Guard on channel 16 on the VHF-radio,” says Harald Engen (22) to ...