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Svalbard residents on the boycott of Russia, climate change, and search for a new sustainable energy source. Documentary report. November 25, 2023 Norway nixes border surveillance helicopter despite “weaponized migration” from Murmansk Despite hundreds of migrants queuing up in the Murmansk region with a strong will to make it to Europe, Norwegian police authorities are unwilling to send a helicopter north for surveillance along the remote wilderness border in polar night and freezing cold. November 24, 2023 Tense at Raja-Jooseppi: Russia sends 55 migrants to Finnish border crossing point A bus full of migrants is on its way to the only border-crossing point between Russia and Finland still open. November 24, 2023 “Maybe he would be dead already, but it wouldn’t be so disgusting.” Instead of treatment, wounded soldiers from Ukraine war are forced back to the front or persecuted for refusing to fight Military doctors refuse to diagnose serious injuries among soldiers wounded in Ukraine while their commanders demand that they continue to serve, despite their poor physical condition. The Barents Observer tells the stories of two fighters from the Murmansk region who are now in hospital while their wives are trying to save their husbands from war and criminal prosecution. November 24, 2023 Murmansk Governor says migrants are starting to leave border-crossing points to Finland The erection of new checkpoints in the Kola Peninsula has helped ease the migrant situation, Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis says. According to the regional leader, migrants without valid documents are now starting to “turn around and leave.” November 23, 2023 You can help the Barents Observer bring fact-based journalism across borders despite Moscow’s censorship repression. In return, you get independent news from the Russian North and the European Arctic. A small pre-Christmas donation helps much. Thank you! Fra Norge VIPPS 105792