MISSILES LOADED FOR BEAR: Warning issued for Russian multiple-missile test in...
Russia is planning to express its “dissatisfaction” with the U.S. deploying Air Force bombers to Norway for the first time by conducting a multiple-missile test sometime during the next week with the...
View ArticleRUSSIA ACCUSES NORWAY OF ‘HIDDEN MILITARIZATION’ OF SVALBARD: Recent visit by...
Photo of the KNM Thor Heyerdahl docked in Longyearbyen in late October by the Norwegian Navy Norwegian military ships visiting Svalbard are a regular, if not frequent, occurrence and legal as long as...
View ArticleSOLIDIFYING THE LAND, STIRRING UP THE WATERS: Expert says Russia will boost...
Photo of Lenin bust in Barentsburg by Wikimedia Commons “Russia isn’t about to annex Svalbard,” but is planning a hostile takeover of sorts in the waters surrounding it, according to a polar geopolics...
View ArticleRUSSIAN MISSILE TEST NEAR SVALBARD, CONCERN IN AREA’S RUSSIAN/UKRAINIAN...
Photo from the frigate Admiral Gorshkov firing a test missile Saturday just east of Bjornøya from video by the Russian Defense Ministry Among Russia’s many military maneuvers while preparing to invade...
View ArticleUNITY FOR UKRAINIANS – AND NEARLY FOR LOCAL RUSSIANS: Svalbard residents from...
Photo by Kristin Woxholth Nazarii Khomych says her mother is making food for Ukrainian soldiers, her father is helping protect their city, and the threat of immediate danger is also present for other...
View ArticleGAS PAINS: Fuel in Longyearbyen tops 10 kroner a liter in wake of Ukraine...
(Editor’s “call it karma” note: As this story was being written Svalbard Auto posted a notice on Facebook that its payment terminal is out of order, so gas cannot be purchased at all during...
View ArticleBARENTSBURG LEADER BLASTS ’FAKE NEWS’ ABOUT UKRAINE: Calls to expel Russia’s...
Russians, Ukrainians and Norwegians in Svalbard may be continuing their neighborly co-existence despite the invasion to the south, but the head of the Russian settlement of Barentsburg (and Russia’s...
View ArticleARRESTING ADVENTURE: Son of Putin associate detained for flying drone in...
Photo courtesy of Andrey Yakunin Andrey Yakunin, 47, was detained by Norwegian police earlier in October for flying a drone in Norwegian airspace. He is…
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Svalbard’s strategic impact after Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
Photo by The Norwegian Armed Forces Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has altered Russia’s security perspectives dramatically, also with concern to the…
View ArticleSEVERANCE CHECK: Mysterious Atlantic cable cuts linked to Russian fishing...
Photo of four-kilometer-long cable that disappeared — and was found again — before it was placed in the sea by LoveOcean/Institute of Marine Research Norway…
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