Atle Staalesen

A company based in the premises of an abandoned shipyard near downtown Murmansk says it has started production of "a new generation of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)."

On its maiden voyage, the Konstantin Posiet sailed across the Northern Sea Route to the Gulf of Ob, where it loaded LNG at the heavily sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 facility.

An archconservative and xenophobic organisation with ties to the Moscow Patriarchate was represented at the opening of a new cathedral in Belushya Guba, the town that serves Russia's Arctic nuclear test site.

Russia accuses Norway of violating international law, discriminating against Russians, and starting a blockade of the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. In less than two days, propaganda machine TASS has published almost 40 pieces about the arrest of the vessel Professor Molchanov on Svalbard.

Twelve tankers sailed across the Northern Sea Route with more than ten million barrels of oil to Chinese buyers in the first eight months of 2026.

State oil company Rosneft says it is opening a new oil province on the far northern Taymyr Peninsula. Satellite images show unprecedented damage to thousands of square kilometres of vulnerable Arctic tundra.

Norway pays homage to the monarch who reigned for 35 years. Flags have flown at half-mast across the country for almost two weeks.

The brand-new oil tanker Valentin Pikul had to wait almost three months at the Sever Bay terminal on the Taymyr Peninsula before it could load oil.

During the first eight months of 2026, gas carriers made 156 shipments from the Yamal Peninsula to EU ports.

A memorial stone plaque in the naval town on the Kola Peninsula includes 155 names. At least 70 of them were added in 2026.