On 6 October 2025, the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense filed a maritime navigational warning area in the Arctic portion of the Barents Sea to ensure safe lanes for Russian Navy “special activities” from 11 to 15 October. The activities are to be conducted due west of central Novaya Zemlya. Translation © 2025 by MichaelContinueContinue reading “Russia Issues Barents Sea Maritime Warning Notice for Special Activities West of Novaya Zemlya”
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Barents Sea Area Closures Reach the Arctic for Russian Navy Missile Launches Scheduled for 27-31 August 2025
On 22 August 2025, the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense filed a large maritime closure area that stretches from Murmansk, across the Barents, and into the Arctic to ensure safe lanes for missile launches from 27 to 31 August, with a local time window of 0300-2100 GMT each day. While the Russian-issued advisory offered noContinueContinue reading “Barents Sea Area Closures Reach the Arctic for Russian Navy Missile Launches Scheduled for 27-31 August 2025”
Russian Destroyer Severomorsk Conducts ASW Exercise in Barents Sea En Route to Arctic
A press release dated 19 August 2025 from the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense indicates that the large ASW ship (Udaloy-class destroyer) Severomorsk, on her way to the Arctic for a long deployment as part of Northern Fleet expeditionary detachment, took part in antisubmarine warfare maneuvers in the northern regions of the Barents Sea. TheContinueContinue reading “Russian Destroyer Severomorsk Conducts ASW Exercise in Barents Sea En Route to Arctic”
Russian Briefing Sheds Light on Locations, Radioactivity Levels of Submerged Submarines and Nuclear Waste in the Arctic and Far East
The Russian Academy of Science and the Russian Federation Ministry of Science and Higher Education hosted the three-day conference “Modern Methods and Means of Oceanological Research” from 13 to 15 May 2025 in Moscow and the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. The conference is held every two years, and is devoted to a number of disciplinesContinueContinue reading “Russian Briefing Sheds Light on Locations, Radioactivity Levels of Submerged Submarines and Nuclear Waste in the Arctic and Far East”
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