1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (175+ words) Today is the final day in the military court in Severomorsk. The judge heard the final arguments from both the prosecution and the defense. The defendant, Olesia Krivtsova, is charged for 'discrediting the army' and 'justifying terrorism.' She has been…...

23+ hour, 45+ min ago  (306+ words) Work is now under way to deepen the central ventilation shaft, enabling ore extraction several hundred metres below current levels. The expansion is expected to extend mining operations until at least 2048. Nornickel has begun expanding the Severny mine in Zapolyarny…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (207+ words) Russia has abruptly suspended operations at seven railway border crossings with Finland, Estonia and Latvia from the morning of 1 July. The order, published by the Russian Government on 30 June, came without prior notice. The one-page decree instructs the Foreign Ministry…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (580+ words) The refurbished Soviet-era giant Admiral Nakhimov is set to become the world's most heavily armed surface warship, serving as the flagship of Russia's Northern Fleet. Admiral Nakhimov was anchored outside the Northern Fleet's main naval base, where shuttle boats could…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (453+ words) Yaroslav Melnik is one of several veterans with combat experience in Ukraine who are taking over key political positions on the Kola Peninsula. Captain First Rank Yaroslav Melnik has been appointed as Mayor of Zaozersk, the closed naval town on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (341+ words) Russia's war economy is under increasing strain, but construction of the Navy's advanced nuclear-powered submarines continues unabated. The keel-laying ceremony took place at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk on 17 June, according to a statement published by the yard on VKontakte....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1217+ words) Russian cartoonist and performance artist Semyon Skrepetsky was shot dead in the Polish city of Bia'a Podlaska on 15 June 2026. The gunman fired several shots at close range in a residential car park before shooting the artist again as he lay…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (446+ words) Thick black smoke blanketed parts of Moscow on Thursday morning after Ukrainian drones struck oil infrastructure in and around the Russian capital. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin confirmed what many residents could already see from their windows in the early hours…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (410+ words) Lithuania's Defence Minister, Robertas Kaunas, travelled to the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes to discuss an expansion of cooperation. "You have the Kola Peninsula, we have Kaliningrad," he said after a meeting with Norwegian border guards. Robertas Kaunas stands on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (301+ words) After a spring marked by repeated Ukrainian drone strikes on military facilities and warships in St Petersburg, the Russian Ministry of Defence appears to be abandoning plans for any major public events to mark this year's Navy Day. "You understand,…...