The watchmen at mount Iyvara sharpen Russia's view towards northern NATO territory

2 days ago · "My job to defend the country starts on the borderline" Norway's new Finnmark Brigade will closely cooperate with Finnish forces and the decades-old self-imposed restrictions on allied training along the border to Russia are up for change, leader of the Norwegian Army, Lars Lervik, said during a visit to Kirkenes.

Jan 24, 2025 · Finnish military intelligence: Kola and in Karelia likely to get tens of thousands of new soldiers Russia's barbaric war in Ukraine is draining resources, but Leningrad Military District will in the longer run significantly expand its troops near the border with Finland and Norway.

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Oct 23, 2024 · The USS Jason Dunham and USS Stout are part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group currently operating further south outside Norway.. Although the U.S. Naval Forces Europe in a press-release Wednesday evening tells that this is a “route maritime operates in the Barents Sea”, facts are different. US surface warships have stayed away from these waters after Russia launched its full ...

Sep 16, 2024 · The “High North, Low Tensions” era, naively proclaimed by Norway’s foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre in the late 2000s, is long gone. While Oslo and regional northern Norway in good faith tried to build multilateral trust and cooperation with Russia’s north, Vladimir Putin was already in full swing rearming the Kola Peninsula and especially the Northern Fleet.

Aug 11, 2023 · The exercise comes unsurprisingly. Earlier this week, the Barents Observer reported about Russia issuing NOTAM-warnings for two larger areas north and south of Norway’s Bear Island in the western Barents Sea. “Impact areas for missiles,” the warning to civilian air traffic said. Norway, worried about consequences for its search- and rescue capabilities in the waters around Svalbard, can ...

Aug 21, 2023 · Olesia has herself dearly felt the oppressive actions of the FSB and Russian government officials. When she was a student at the Federal University in Arkhangelsk (NArFU) she put up anti-war stickers around town and posted comments against Putin and the Russian regime on social media.

Jul 25, 2024 · Valtonen also says that the shift to a Nordic focus eliminates the need for the coordinating role by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Other ways of maintaining close regional cooperation with neighbouring countries are mentioned, for example through forums such as the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Council of Baltic Sea States.