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  • Pasvik, the River that tells the High North (between Finland, Norway and Russia)

    04/10/2020 1:10:14 PM PDT · by texas booster · 32 replies
    The Barents Observer ^ | April 09, 2020 | Olivier Truc
    ...So it is no coincidence that when the opportunity arose, we chose the Pasvik River, the river that forms the border between Norway, Russia and Finland. For one simple reason: the Pasvik River alone tells the story not only of the High North, but also of the continent. Nothing less. We followed it from Lake Inari in Finland, where it originates, to Kirkenes, where it flows into the Barents Sea. From the depths of Lapland, where it tells History, to the Arctic Ocean, where it meets future. The Pasvik border can be summed up like this, stories of reindeer and...
  • Putin vows to 'knock the teeth out' of foreign enemies as US and Russia clash at Arctic summit after the Kremlin revealed its polar military base

    05/20/2021 11:56:43 AM PDT · by algore · 41 replies
    Russian President Putin vowed to 'knock the teeth out' of nations who grab pieces of the state's vast territory Secretary of State Blinken warned Moscow the North Pole must remain 'free of conflict' at Thursday's summit His Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov hit back, saying the Kremlim saw 'no grounds' for conflict in the Arctic, but warned the West about militarising on Russia's doorstep and said the country would defend itself Comes as Russia revealed a massive polar military airbase, Nagurskoye, in the Franz Josef Land archipelago It has been heavily militarised with missiles, a radar system and a runway handling...