The proposal to rename Svalbard as the "Pomor Islands" by Sergey Mironov reflects Russia's focus on asserting its historic ...

Russia accused Norway of militarising the Svalbard archipelago and said on Friday it had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Russia accused Norway of militarising the Svalbard archipelago, a claim Norway denied in a comment to ...

The Russian Bastion missile systems, which have missiles with a flight range of up to 500 kilometers, were deployed on the island of Paramushir in the northern portion of the Kuril Islands, the ...

The treaty restricts the military uses of the archipelago, but the islands are not a demilitarised zone. There are two Russian settlements on the island, Barentsburg and Pyramiden, with some 340 ...

Russia accused Norway of militarizing the Svalbard archipelago and said on Friday it had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to ...