Vladimir Putin attended the flag raising ceremony for the Knyaz Pozharsky (K-555), a Borei-A class strategic submarine.

After a several thousand kilometre voyage, the 22-year-old, 248 meter long Matari on July 25 made port call in Murmansk. The tanker is one of more than 30 carriers sanctioned by the EU that shuttle to ...

The Northern Fleet marks a huge 94,000 km2 of the Barents Sea as 'dangerous' for civilian shipping as live missile firings ...

To further discourage its citizens from freely seeking or expressing the truth, officials in Russia are applying the label ...

"The midnight sun just throws you all off. When you're supposed to sleep, it's still light," a tourist from Holland told the ...

In principle it is possible to circumvent the state’s plan by using a VPN. But only 50% of Russian internet users have a VPN; ...

The Barents Observer is not afraid of Putin. It is Putin and his allies who are terrified of independent media. Because ...

How does a snow hotel survive summer heat? The hotel's staff explain how to keep the Arctic atmosphere even when it's 25 degrees Celsius above zero.