Tag: Barents Sea
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Russia’s 15 HAV
The territory of Russia has and borders 15 seas and each of them has its own unique nature and history. Northern seas Barents Sea Lev Fedoseev/TASS This sea is part of the Arctic Ocean; it washes the shores of Russia and Norway. It was named after the Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz in 1853. But many…
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US Wants Russia Iced Out Everywhere, Except the Arctic
washington – The Biden administration, which has sought to isolate Moscow diplomatically on the world stage, is supporting efforts to re-establish technical cooperation with Russia in one of the world’s most challenging geographical regions – the Arctic. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has successfully lobbied to boot Moscow out of various international…
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Danish News Round-Up: The temperature in the Arctic Ocean has risen dramatically in recent decades
Since 1982, the Arctic Ocean has not stopped warming. According to satellite-based research from the Danish Center for Climate Research (NCKF), the combined temperature of sea ice and sea ice at the 58th parallel has increased from around -3 degrees in 1982 to +2 degrees in 2021. For the very first time in climate research,…
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Finnish researchers: Arctic warming twice as fast as previously thought
In the Arctic region, temperatures have risen almost four times faster than in the rest of the world, according to a study conducted by a Finnish research group. Previous studies have shown that the speed was about twice as fast as in other parts of the world. However, this recent study – which was published…
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Mursu’s visit causes a stir in the southern Finnish city
The seaside town of Hamina received a very unusual visit from a walrus that crawled onto the beach until it returned to the water under its own power on Friday. The animal, which was watered by rescue workers to prevent dehydration, was found lying between rowing boats on the shore of the Salmenvirta River, a…
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Ukraine sets new defensive lines in Donetsk after losing Luhansk
Ukrainian forces on Tuesday took up new defensive lines in Donetsk a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in neighbouring Luhansk province, which a senior Ukrainian official vowed would be a “last victory for Russia on Ukrainian soil”. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. All times are Paris…
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This was Russia’s only window into Europe for centuries
Until Peter I struggled to create his “window to Europe” through the Baltic Sea, the only window of its kind that Russia ever had was located in the Arctic Ocean. It was the city of Arkhangelsk. Today, Russia is washed away by 13 seas. However, this was not always the case. In the 16th century,…
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The Russian cargo company denies violating Finnish aviation rules
The Russian airline AirBridgeCargo says that its aircraft did not violate Finnish aviation rules when it made a long detour from Moscow to Leipzig over the weekend. In a short press release, the company discussed the unusual flight route of their plane from Moscow via Finland to Germany, which received attention over the weekend. The…
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A Russian cargo plane makes an unexplained orbit over Finland
A large Russian cargo plane made a long, unexpected and unexplained route over Central and Southern Finland on Saturday night, passing the Finnish Air Force headquarters and intelligence unit. According to military and security experts interviewed by Yle, the reason for the flight detour could be either a Russian protest or an intelligence operation as…
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Tanks on European streets due to Russian threat
Armored vehicles were pictured rolling through the streets of a Swedish city when the military quoted “tensions?” between Russia and Ukraine Sweden has moved to increase security on Gotland’s largest Baltic Sea island in order to? Adapt? its security strategy to the? tense situation? on the Russian-Ukrainian border, located about 1,700 km southeast. Residents of…
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Thoughts on European streets are explained by Russia
Armored vehicles were pictured rolling through the streets of a Swedish city when the military quoted “tensions?” between Russia and Ukraine Sweden has moved to increase security on Gotland’s largest Baltic Sea island in order to? Adapt? its security strategy to the? tense situation? on the Russian-Ukrainian border, located about 1,700 km southeast. Residents of…
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TOP 5 movies by Andrei Zvyagintsev you should watch
Andrei Zvyagintsev, often referred to as the Russian Ingmar Bergman, belongs to the new breed of filmmakers thanks to which Russian film has reached a truly global audience. The Siberian-born director wanted to fulfill his ambition to become a film director since childhood. Inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky, Robert Bresson and Michelangelo Antonioni, Zvyagintsev managed to…
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Science Round-Up: Aboriginal medicinal plant reverses chemotherapy resistance
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a special flavonoid in an Australian plant used in traditional Aboriginal medicine, appears to reverse chemotherapy resistance. Professor Dan Stærk is leading the project, which is investigating the flavonoid’s interaction with ‘SN-38’ – the active substance in the drug irinotecan, which is used to treat an aggressive…
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Denmark is outside new Nordic military co-operation in the Arctic
This was both right and important, as the Danish defense earlier this month participated in a military aircraft for an exercise in the Arctic, where warships from the USA, Great Britain and Norway sailed into a Russian zone in the Barents Sea. Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod (S) has maintained this several times, although critics have…
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Russia looks askance at Danish military aircraft during exercise in the Arctic
It was not only provocative when Denmark last week sent a military aircraft for exercise inside the Barents Sea in a Russian zone northeast of Norway. It also happened on false premises. This is how it sounds now from Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir V. Barbin, who was previously his country’s Arctic ambassador. “Such exercises…
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FACTS: Danish aircraft sailed into Russian zone with warships
Russia’s ambassador to Copenhagen, Vladimir V. Barbin, is now reaching out to Denmark. The ambassador believes that Denmark has acted provocatively towards Russia by contributing to a Western naval exercise in Russia’s exclusive economic zone in the Barents Sea in the Arctic. According to the ambassador, the Danish contribution to the exercise raises doubts about…
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Russia looks askance at Danish military aircraft in the Arctic
It was not only provocative, it was also under false pretenses when Denmark last week sent a military aircraft on exercise over the Barents Sea in a Russian zone northeast of Norway. This is how it sounds now from Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir V. Barbin, who was previously his country’s Arctic ambassador.