Snapshots of Russia by train May 21, 2009
Chance's journey begins in Murmansk in Arctic, ends in Sochi on Black Sea ... (CNN) -- In a special report for CNN's Eye on Russia week, Moscow Correspondent Matthew Chance travels across the vast country from the northern port of Murmansk in the Arctic to the southern city of Sochi on the Black Sea ... MURMANSK -- What an incredible, surprising place to begin a journey. (CNN -- International)
Russian phosphate shake-out ahead Apr 7, 2009
Instead, it buys from Apatit, which mines it in the Murmansk region, more than a thousand kilometers to the north ... When they were convicted and imprisoned by a Moscow court in 2004, a successor holding, Phosagro, managed to hang on to the fertilizer assets, despite a range of prosecution threats directed at the senator from Murmansk, Andrei Guriev; Guriev, a Phosagro manager under Khodorkovsky, led a management buyout during the prosecution of Khodorkovsky, and acquired control of Apatit from... (Asia Times Online)
At Russia's 2014 Olympic site, games begin Mar 18, 2009
In the seaport of Murmansk last weekend, an independent mayoral candidate, Sergei Subbotin, shocked United Russia by beating its candidate, the incumbent, with 61 percent of the vote. The region's governor is also a member of United Russia but backed Mr. Subbotin, infuriating party officials. (International Herald Tribune)
Report: Russia May Base Bombers In Cuba Mar 14, 2009
Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber flies above airfield near northern city of Murmansk, Russia, in August 2005 file photo (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS). (AP) The Interfax news agency has reported that a Russian Air Force chief says Russian strategic bombers may be based in Cuba. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Local Weather Feb 8, 2009
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 02/08/09 07:15:32 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 89% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Let's keep the Arctic free of nukes Mar 22, 2008
In 1958, the Soviet Union proposed a zone in Northern Europe free from "atomic and hydrogen bombs." In October 1987, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev called in Murmansk for an Arctic "zone of peace," directing his appeal especially to the Nordic countries. A Nordic Nuclear Weapon-free zone has also been discussed, mainly in academic circles, without ever becoming the subject of intergovernmental negotiations. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Soldiering on after Putin Mar 1, 2008
He told reporters in Murmansk that the navy needed to be revived to become a great "maritime and military maritime power". Putting together the carrier group to go to the Mediterranean was a stretch and left the navy with little to show in the Barents Sea. (Aljazeera.Net)
Global Warming Melts Arctic Sea Lanes for Norilsk, ConocoPhillips Fleets Feb 27, 2008
Sailing time from Murmansk, Russia, to Churchill is about 10 days, four days faster than via the Great Lakes ports which serve as hubs for railroads into the Prairies, he says. Cargo vessels are increasingly joined by Arctic tourist ships in plying northern waters. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
In Putin's embrace - and loving it Feb 26, 2008
When I began what has been a journey of some 10,000 miles across Russia from Murmansk to Vladivostock, my lodestar was Winston Churchill's aphorism about the Soviet Union being "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Having met hundreds of Russians of all types, I now think there is no riddle, precious little mystery and almost nothing enigmatic about Vladimir Putin's Russia. It has been a revelatory experience, during which I have been on the receiving end of the warmest hospitality,... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Russia: The Other Election Feb 13, 2008
The anchor news from Murmansk, Kaliningrad and Rostov-on-Don, praised Medvedev for the success of his social care programs. Construction of kindergartens, increasing salaries for elementary and secondary school teachers, improving living conditions of young families through low-interest loans and federal subsidies of infrastructure construction in rural areas. (Human Events Online)
Letters from readers Jan 13, 2008
Many citizens may not know that one of Jacksonville's sister cities is Murmansk, Russia. It is a sad reality that the people of Murmansk may have a greater voice in government than we do in Jacksonville. (Florida Times-Union)
NNRF, Inc. Announces Review of Corporate Activities 2007 Jan 11, 2008
NDEP is also addressing the specialized Federal nuclear storage vessel ``Lepse'' in Murmansk harbor. Radioactive waste was accumulated at Andreyeva Bay and in Gremikha since the beginning of the 1960s. (Primezone Releases)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Deal of the Day: Norway musical cruise, $1,399 Dec 4, 2007
The Trollfjord will sail along northern Norway's coast from Troms to Kirkenes, making stops in Hammerfest, Honningsvg, Vads and Murmansk, Russia ... You can also opt for a longer cruise, such as a four-night southbound voyage from $1,599, sailing from Kirkenes to Bod, with stops in Murmansk, Honningsvg, Harstad, and Svlolvr. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Fraud, intimidation and bribery as Putin prepares for victory... Nov 30, 2007
One in Murmansk wrote that he was told that if he didn't vote for United Russia "the management would get it in the neck". Another in Yekaterinburg wrote: "Today my wife came home in shock. As the boss of a state company she has been told that all her workers living in different parts of town must take absentee ballots and go to vote in Kirovsky district. She has to go and sit all day on December 2 and call round everyone in her collective. Then she has to provide a list of who has voted." She... (The Drudge Report)
Kasparov arrested in street protest denouncing Putin Nov 26, 2007
"Putin's plan is only this: to stay in power forever," said Yelena Vasilyeva, a 48-year-old ecologist who traveled to Moscow from Murmansk to participate in Saturday's protest. "If your opinion differs from the opinion of Vladimir Putin, then they send the riot police to crack down on you.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Allied Interventionists in Russia Nov 1, 2007
The Allies landed small groups of British and American naval troops at the arctic ports of Murmansk and Archangelsk in March 18, 1918 to aide with this evacuation and to prevent large stores of arms in warehouses there from falling into the hands of the Germans, and to rescue the stranded British submariners and Serbian volunteers ... The half-hearted allies pulled out of Archangel and Murmansk, supported by a larger force of British troops that were landed in 1919. (Suite101.com)
Rights activist in Russia tells of forced time in psychiatric ward Oct 24, 2007
But instead of complying, a psychiatrist in the northern Russian town of Murmansk asked Arap whether she was the one who had written "Madhouse," an article in a local paper that had exposed unorthodox and dismal conditions in psychiatric wards ... Arap said that, in her case, police dragged her out of the medical office and forced her into an ambulance, which took her to the Murmansk psychiatric clinic. (Boston Globe)
Russian ship crosses 'Arctic bridge' into Manitoba Oct 19, 2007
Officials from the Russian embassy greeted the ship yesterday, along with representatives of the port of Churchill, the Murmansk Shipping Company and the government of Manitoba ... The Russian government is also eager to encourage Churchill's growth, because it sees it as a natural outlet for its northern port of Murmansk ... " Michael Berk, a research fellow at the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, a non-profit think tank, said Churchill could become the terminus of a new silk road... (Globe and Mail)
Soviet-Era Dissident Returns to Moscow Oct 17, 2007
Fears that Russian authorities may be returning to the practice of forced psychiatric treatment as a way of silencing critics were raised when opposition activist Larisa Arap was placed in a psychiatric clinic in the northern Murmansk region in July and held there against her will for 46 days. Her supporters called it revenge for exposing alleged abuse of children in a local psychiatric hospital. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
The grandmaster with a mission: Kasparov's big match Oct 2, 2007
In July, a member of Mr Kasparov's Murmansk branch, Larisa Arap, was forcibly interned in a psychiatric hospital, in a throwback to a Soviet-era practice, after publishing an article on conditions in children's wards. Mr Kasparov and his followers also have to contend with officially sanctioned political movements, such as the pro-Putin Nashi youth group, which field hecklers at the opposition marches. (Independent)
* World News Quick Take Aug 22, 2007
Larisa Arap, 48, a member of Kasparov's group in the northern port city of Murmansk, was forcibly hospitalized last month in what opposition activists said was revenge for exposing alleged abuse of children in a local psychiatric hospital. UNITED STATES GPD leads to murder charge A man on Monday pleaded not guilty to killing his 12-year-old baby sitter in a crime police say was tracked by a global positioning system (GPS) his suspicious wife had installed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Averting a cold war on ice Aug 9, 2007
Harking back to the heady days of colonial imperialism and perhaps the success of Sputnik, a resurgent Russia dispatched from Murmansk a nuclear-powered icebreaker and a research vessel armed with two mini-submarines to stake a symbolic claim to the Arctic Ocean's riches. Russia hopes that leaving its flag encased in titanium more than 13,200 feet beneath the frozen surface bolsters its 2001 claim that the Lomonosov Ridge is a geological extension of its continental shelf and thus the 460,000... (International Herald Tribune)
Cold War Goes North Aug 5, 2007
The Arktika-2007 expedition started on July 24 from Murmansk on Akademik Fedorov ship and Rossiya icebreaker. The Oceanics Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences is the expeditions official organizer. (Kommersant)
Canada rejects... Aug 3, 2007
Canada rejects Arctic flag-planting as a 'just a show by Russia. Canada rejects Arctic flag-planting as a 'just a show by Russia. (The Drudge Report)
Russia plants flag under N Pole Aug 3, 2007
The expedition set off last week from the port of Murmansk in search of geological evidence to back up Moscow's claims to the resource-rich Arctic seabed. Scientists aboard the submarines had also planned to collect samples of Arctic flora and fauna. (BBC News -- Science)
Psychiatric abuse claim in Russia Aug 2, 2007
A psychiatric clinic in the north-western city of Murmansk has confirmed it has a patient under the name of Larissa Arap, but has refused to discuss the case. Government crackdown. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russian subs near Arctic target Aug 2, 2007
The Russian expedition set off last week from the port of Murmansk and is looking for geological evidence to back up Moscow's claims to the resource-rich Arctic seabed ... The expedition set sail from Murmansk port on the Barents Sea. (BBC News -- Science)
Russia makes a bid for North Pole Jul 30, 2007
Setting off from the port of Murmansk, a Russian expedition, on Sunday, aims to explore new depths of the Arctic sea bed, and prove Russia's rights to untold deposits of minerals, oil and gas. Artur Chilingarov, an expedition leader, said: "We have to prove that it belongs to Russia, that it is the northern border of Russia's continental shelf. But we can't do it just with words". (Aljazeera.Net)
Russia stakes its claim on North Pole in Jul 30, 2007
Before the expedition left the northern port of Murmansk, Artur Chilingarov, 68, the expedition leader, said: The Arctic is ours and we should demonstrate our presence. Mr Chilingarov is a deputy speaker in the Duma and president of the Association of Polar Explorers of the Russian Federation. (Times Online)
Russia aims to claim Arctic seabed Jul 29, 2007
A convoy consisting of a research vessel and an icebreaker, and led by Russia's most famous polar explorer, set sail Tuesday from Murmansk toward the North Pole -- shadowed, according to Russian TV reports, by at least one Norwegian military aircraft. Yesterday, Russian researchers were performing test dives to depths of more than a mile in two miniature submarines near Franz Josef Land, a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. (Boston Globe)
Polar expedition approaching Franz Josef Land Jul 28, 2007
The scientists will be collected on the way back to Murmansk ... Earlier one of the vessels came to a halt in the Barents Sea due to engine failure several hours after departing from the northern Russian port of Murmansk. (RussiaToday)
Warming Arctic a magnet for Russia Jul 27, 2007
Looking for geographical linkThe Akademik Fyodorov research ship, which set sail Tuesday from the northern port of Murmansk, resumed its voyage Thursday after a bad engine forced a day's delay. Joining it is the Rossiya nuclear-powered icebreaker. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Broken Engine Delays Russia Arctic Mission Jul 27, 2007
Accompanied by media fanfare, the Russian expedition sailed out of the Arctic port of Murmansk on Tuesday. A nuclear-powered icebreaker plans to smash through the Arctic ice to the North Pole, where the following command ship will launch a mini-submarine to scoop up seabed samples for scientific research and plant the Russian flag. (Planet Ark, United States)
Expedition to stake Arctic claim delayed Jul 26, 2007
The research ship Akademik Fyodorov suffered engine failure a day after it sailed from the northern port of Murmansk and was drifting in the Barents Sea about 60 nautical miles from the shore, state-run Rossiya television reported ... Another assistance team was sent from Murmansk, Rossiya reported. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Russia Seeks to Strengthen Claim to Energy-Rich Arctic Seabed Jul 26, 2007
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Russians to dive below North Pole Jul 25, 2007
The team's ship is following a nuclear powered ice-breaker, setting sail from Murmansk port in the Barents Sea ... The expedition's "flagship", the Akademik Fyodorov, will follow the trail of the ice-breaking ship Rossiya as it travels from Murmansk to the North Pole. (BBC News -- Science)
* Russia expels four British diplomats in extradition row Jul 20, 2007
Russia, which runs regular aircraft patrols from a base near Murmansk in the Arctic Circle, also strongly denied the reports. Also see story. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Read more... Jun 29, 2007
The program spans 12 regions of the Russian North: Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Kirov, Kostroma, Leningrad, Murmansk, Novgorod, Pskov, Perm regions, the Republic of Karelia and the KomiRepublic, the Nenets Autonomous District. The tender will be held for the following categories. (PNN Online)
Russia eyes vast Arctic territory Jun 27, 2007
They returned to Murmansk on Monday. RUSSIA'S ARCTIC ADVENTURE. (BBC News -- Science)
Travelling 'DJ' cons Russian press May 8, 2007
At first he feigned no knowledge of his native tongue, telling police through an interpreter that he was a US citizen of Thai origin called Lamar who was attempting to get into the Guinness Book of Records by travelling from Vladivostok to Murmansk without money or documents. Only under interrogation did Dzhumaliyev admit he had dreamt up the ruse because "people show more respect to foreigners". (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Norilsk Nickel Announces All-Cash Offer to Acquire LionOre Mining International Ltd. May 3, 2007
Norilsk Nickel's Russian operations include the operations of the Polar Division on the Taimyr Peninsula in the Krasnoyarsk region and the Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company ("KMMC") located on the Kola Peninsula in the Murmansk region. Norilsk Nickel's international operations include Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta, a nickel refinery in Finland, Norilsk Nickel Cawse Pty. (PR Newswire)
Expo to encourage commerce with six Sister Cities Apr 30, 2007
Through the program, the city has established such relationships in Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Nantes, France; Masan, South Korea; Yinkgou, China; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; and Murmansk, Russia. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
Russia cries blasphemy as statue to war dead is taken down Apr 29, 2007
I am the son of a sailor who did the Murmansk Run and who told me he could never figure out that Russia was on our side as Stalin was just as bad as Hitler. Fred, Dubai, Dubai. (Times Online)
Russia calls on Canada to board Bering tunnel Apr 20, 2007
At a bilateral meeting last month, Canada and Russia formed a special transportation group to examine various proposals for increased linkages, including air connections between Winnipeg and Krasnoyarsk, and a polar sea route from Murmansk to Churchill, Man. The ambassador said he expected Mr. Putin and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to touch on the Bering Strait project at the Group of Eight summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Russia unveils $60-billion tunnel vision Apr 19, 2007
Proposals include air links between Siberia and Winnipeg, and a marine route from Murmansk to Churchill, Man. that would be forged with the aid of Russian icebreakers. (Globe and Mail)
Soviet-era nuclear material is target for smugglers Mar 1, 2007
In the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions along the Barents coastline, scrap metal hunters have broken into six RTGs in recent years, said Vladimir Kozlovsky, a local official involved in a Russian-Norwegian project to replace the aging RTGs with safer technology. In March, scrap metal hunters broke into a deserted military base above the Arctic Circle and ripped apart four RTGs, according to Bellona, a Norwegian environmental watchdog organization. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Icy port now receives very warm reception Feb 19, 2007
Government officials are eager to cut travel times and costs substantially with an Arctic trade route linking Churchill, and hence Canada and the rest of North America, to Murmansk, Russia's northernmost port ... Russia also has offered the use of seven modern icebreakers in the hope that combined with the local warming trend, the Manitoba-to-Murmansk corridor could stay open year-round ... "They've designed Murmansk as a main port, and the closest North American port is Churchill." The goal of... (Washington Times)
They've Driven A Ford Lately Feb 17, 2007
The company now has 150 outlets, some as far away as Vladivostok on the Pacific coast and Murmansk in the far north. Ford may face a bumpier ride from here on out. (BusinessWeek)
Gazprom, Interros to Carve Up Power Feb 12, 2007
The Gazprom-led venture is expected to buy out generators in the south, where SUEK mines its coal, and in the regions where Gazprom extracts natural gas and oil, including Murmansk, Omsk and the Yamal Peninsula. Mosenergo, the country's largest generating company and the sole provider of power to the capital, is already controlled by Gazprom. (Ocnus.net)
Murdered spy was a thief and a thug, Putin insists Feb 3, 2007
When another young woman journalist from Murmansk invited him to go skiing at a local resort, Mr Putin asked her name and whether she was making a personal invitation. However, Mr Putin, 54, repeatedly ducked attempts to get him to name a favoured successor or to say what he would do after his second term ended in March next year. (Times Online)
Web-exclusive comment Jan 15, 2007
Canada and Russia are looking at developing an "Arctic bridge" shipping route linking Churchill and Murmansk. This is a sign of things to come. (Globe and Mail)
Russia plays hardball, and markets take note Jan 13, 2007
To bypass some of its pesky former satellite states, Russia may expand ship-borne energy exports in Novorossiysk and add them in Murmansk ... Other ideas floated include pipelines to the Arctic town of Murmansk, where crude or, more likely, liquefied natural gas could be put on ships and sent to North America. (CNNMoney.com)
Russia offers to break the ice to open Port Churchill Jan 11, 2007
Russia has a fleet of seven modern icebreakers that could render Churchill and the Siberian port of Murmansk serviceable throughout the year ... He said the Russians are eager to provide an answer with the Murmansk-Churchill route. (Globe and Mail)
New Klondike is hottest place in Europe Jan 7, 2007
Manager Gunnel Norman says that, if you include Murmansk in the branch's catchment area, it straddles three time zones, making hers the most international Ikea in the world. To people up in the north, who for generations have felt greatly neglected by their capital cities, being given an Ikea store marks a kind of recognition,' said Norman, whose store had 120,000 visitors in the first 10 days. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
