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Military enlistment office in Murmansk set on fire Regional media reports name a 19-year old young man breaking the window, starting fire by igniting flammable stuff on the night to Sunday. May 14, 2023 Satellite image shows 16 strategic bombers deployed to Kola Peninsula Packed to capacity: All aprons along the runway at Olenya Air Base are now occupied by Russia’s largest and heaviest combat aircraft, a satellite image from this week reveal. May 13, 2023 Mining comes to end in Nikel More 80 years after Finns found huge nickel and copper reserves in the Kaula-Kotselvaara deposit, the last remaining mine in the Russian border town of Nikel is closed. May 12, 2023 Lavrov: fate of Arctic Council is at stake As Russia handed the rotating two-year presidency of the Council to Norway, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined that the expulsion of his country had been made on “false grounds” and that the future of the Arctic club now is at risk. May 12, 2023 The end is nearing for repair of Russian fishing boats in northern Norway Planned maintains and repair are as a main rule no longer allowed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs makes clear. In Finnmark, Police on Friday announced new onshore rules, limiting the areas of access in Kirkenes and Båtsfjord. May 12, 2023 Barentsburg: “Everyone was told to stop posting opinions about the war” “It was clearly said, either you work and don’t speak out, or you’ll be fired,” tells Timofey Rogozhin, former head of the tourist arm of Russia’s state-owned Aktikugol company at Svalbard. May 11, 2023 Norwegian citizen remains detained two weeks after unauthorised border crossing into Russia The person faces trial according to FSB’s border directorate. Meanwhile, a court in Pechenga has ruled to keep the Norwegian in custody. May 10, 2023