According to the latest survey by Russia’s state-run polling agency VTsIOM, conducted between 29 June and 5 July, both public trust in Vladimir Putin and approval of his performance declined once ...

Russia is running short of air-defence missiles after facing repeated waves of Ukrainian drone attacks, forcing it to redeploy many of its systems from remote regions previously considered safely ...

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The Barents Observer follows the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the document Right and Duties of the Editor. We report under full editorial independence and have no external interference.

Historic wooden structures across Svalbard are crumbling under the combined weight of climate change and human activity.

An analysis by the publication If byt'chnom has identified the Russian regions with the highest levels of alcohol consumption ...

Stanislav Multakh, chief executive of Lavna seaport, has been arrested in connection with a billion-dollar embezzlement case.

Because summer brings 24-hour sunlight, the mildest weather, the most open water, and the least sea ice, it is also the season we know best. Much of what scientists understand about the Arctic seas ...

The Freedom of Russia Legion is a military unit fighting as part of Ukraine's Armed Forces against the Russian military. In ...