Norway’s state-owned Statoil firm has signed a deal with Russian oil giant Rosneft to explore the sea around the Arctic.
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Norway and Russia team up for Arctic oil exploration
Posted on 14 May 2012.
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Finland-Russia border sees record traffic in 2011
Posted on 08 January 2012.
The border of southeastern Finland and Russia saw a record number of crossings over the past year.
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Ban on seal products extends further
Posted on 02 January 2012.
The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins from Greenland and Canada.
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Icelandic milk to Russia
Posted on 28 November 2011.
Iceland has made a reciprocal deal with Russia over the sale of dairy products which paves the way for the export of Icelandic products including skyr, butter and milk powder to the biggest country in the world.
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Former Icelandic business tycoon’s Russian business practices in spotlight
Posted on 24 November 2011.
A former business partner of Icelandic ‘outvasion Viking’ Björgólfur Guðmundsson has this week used his new book to accuse him of making threats and trying to bribe him when their relationship went awry in Russia in the 90s.
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Finnish customs report increased drug smuggling to Russia
Posted on 26 September 2011.
Officials in Finland are becoming concerned about an apparent increase in the amount of drugs being transported through the country to Russia.
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President of Iceland in Russia, meets with Putin
Posted on 23 September 2011.
The Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, invited Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, to a conference on Arctic shipping and other affairs of the high north. The conference started yesterday and is mainly about the new opportunities and responsibilities that will come with melting sea ice.
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Norway and Russia call dibs on the Arctic
Posted on 09 June 2011.
Norway and Russia have agreed on a historic deal that will see the two nations divide up their portions of the Barents Sea. The pact follows decades of debate about how the 68,000 square-mile Arctic region should be carved up.
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