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Bellona
Feisty mayor in Russia's Far East wants his nuclear trash collected
Bellona
While lighthouses run on atomic batteries in Russia have become rare, especially along the coasts of the Baltic and Barents Seas, they still have their adherents in the country's Far East. A group of radioactivity tracking sleuths on Sakhalin Island in ...

Upstream Online
Gazprom on the rebound after tough years | Upstream
Upstream Online
Russian gas monopoly set to exceed planned total production by 30 Bcm this year, as it regains ground in Europe after Kremlin removes limits on sales.

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China navy ships depart for joint drills with Russia
Fox News
The official Xinhua News Agency says a destroyer, missile frigate, supply ship and submarine rescue ship departed Wednesday from the port of Qingdao, home to China's north sea fleet. Xinhua said the drills are being held in the Sea of Japan near the ...

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Sputnik International
Protests Burst Out As Sweden Embarks on Largest Drills Since Cold War's End
Sputnik International
This show of force, covering the Stockholm area, Gothenburg, central Sweden and the Baltic island of Gotland comes during a period of sharp focus on its security, which is claimed to be endangered by Russia's "increased activity in the Baltic region ...

Boston Review
The Putin Problem | Boston Review
Boston Review
The Putin Problem from Boston Review. The West thinks of Putin as an aberration among recent Russian rulers, but he stands in line with them. Understanding ...

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Daily Signal
US Air Force Dusts Off Old Skills to Fight a New Kind of War in Eastern Europe
Daily Signal
Hybrid warfare is “part of warfare and operations in the 21st century,” Ridland said, adding, “So we as a force, as a battlegroup … need to be able to operate in that environment. And that is ... Yet, with news reports of tens of thousands of Russian ...

Newsline
Sweden, NATO allies launch biggest military exercise in 23yrs amid 'Russian threat'
Newsline
“If you control Gotland, you have control over the sea and the airways towards the Baltic states,” Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist told the Financial Times on Friday, referring to the island which is located not too far from the Russian ...

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DefenseNews.com
On edge: 'New Cold War' tensions high in Eastern Europe
DefenseNews.com
Lithuania, which borders Belarus and Russia's semi-exclave on the Baltic Sea, Kaliningrad, is particularly wary. ... “NATO officials keep on saying that these measures are not a provocation, but a 'defensive reaction' to changes in the security ...

Polish seaman drowns in Sweden where naval drill being held
WPXI Pittsburgh
Meanwhile, 25 Swedish and Russian peace activists gathered Saturday on the Finnish archipelago of Aland in the middle of the Baltic Sea to mark their opposition to the Aurora 17 drill. Politicians and the arms industry "have something to gain from the ...

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BuzzFeed News
Here's How The West Is Preparing For War With Russia - BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed News
Two of the largest military exercises since the Cold War are taking place this month, illustrating the rising military tensions and mistrust between Russia and the ...

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South China Morning Post
World at its most dangerous in a generation, Nato chief warns
South China Morning Post
An estimated 100,000 soldiers, security personnel and civilian officials will be active around the Baltic Sea, western Russia, Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, without the supervision required under international agreement. On the other ...
Nato chief: world is at its most dangerous point in a generationThe Guardian

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PortNews IAA
Eight-month coal exports via Rosterminalugol surged by 42% to ...
PortNews IAA
Rosterminalugol, the largest dedicated coal port in the North West of Russia (part of Port Management Company LLC) handled more than 15.9 million tonnes of ...

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PortNews IAA
Vostochny Port and Sberbank agree on strategic cooperation in 13 areas (photo)
PortNews IAA
Port Management Company LLC is Russia's major coal port holding that exercises the powers of a single executive body of largest dedicated coal ports based in the Baltic Sea region (Rosterminalugol JSC, Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region) and in the Far East ...

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EURACTIV
Denmark can't block Nord Stream 2, lawyer argues – EURACTIV.com
EURACTIV
The planned pipeline route enters the Baltic Sea on the Russian coast, passes through the waters of five countries, and makes landfall near Greifswald, ...

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EURACTIV
Denmark can't block Nord Stream 2, lawyer argues
EURACTIV
Opponents of the project – including Poland, the Baltic states and Denmark – argue that Nord Stream 2 would increase the EU's dependence on Gazprom, the Russian gas export monopoly which already supplies about a third of the bloc's gas. Germany, the ...

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Maritime Journal
Dredging at Russian ports
Maritime Journal
The development of this port was one of the first examples of successful PPP projects in Russia when it was started in 1993. Today Ust-Luga is the largest and deepest port in the Baltic Sea, including the Baltic countries and Finland. Currently, the ...

The Sun Daily
Russian ecologists say Nord Stream 2 damages precious refuge
The Sun Daily
SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian environmentalists on Tuesday said the planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will funnel Russian gas to Europe threatens a ...

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Yahoo News
Russian ecologists say Nord Stream 2 damages precious refuge
Yahoo News
Construction is impossible without inflicting environmental damage," Mikhail Kreindlin, an ecologist with Greenpeace Russia, told a news conference in Saint-Petersburg. The Kurgalsky refuge is about 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) ... Russian ...

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The Potential of the Northern Sea Route. From Words to Actions
TASS
“For the first time in navigation history, large-capacity transportation of oil from the shallow part of the Gulf of Ob has taken place. Achieving year-round delivery was made possible thanks to the construction of six vessels. This year, ice trials ...

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Pakistan Today
Nord Stream 2 to damage precious refuge:Russian ecologists
Pakistan Today
Construction is impossible without inflicting environmental damage,” Mikhail Kreindlin, an ecologist with Greenpeace Russia, told a news conference in Saint-Petersburg. The Kurgalsky refuge is about 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) ... Russian ...

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