In the footsteps of accession to NATO, Sweden is armed with around a hundred Gripen fighters, transport aircraft, helicopters, battle tanks, artillery, several submarines and is currently updating its submarine fleet, also possessing significant cyber-defense capabilities. The country is sharply increasing its defense spending, it is expected to be equivalent to 2.1 per cent of Swedish GDP this year...

Russian cod is exported abroad quite successfully, including to Europe, where it goes either directly to the UK or through third countries. The British used to do fisheries, apart from the Barents Sea, also in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, they will not die from a lack of cod due to the termination of the fisheries agreement signed by the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom back in 1956.

Russia's unilateral decision to suspend annual payments to the Arctic Council Secretariat has sparked debate on how the international community should perceive and explain such a form of political behavior...

Despite the headwinds of anti-Russian sanctions, the export of liquefied natural gas from Russia remains resilient...

The Arctic Century interview with Valery Shlyamin on the topic of Russian-Finnish relations.

The Northern Forum is an international organisation of northern regions founded on 8 November 1991 in Alaska, USA. Under the auspices of the Northern Forum, the Northern Sustainable Development Forum is held annually. In 2024, the V Northern Sustainable Development Forum will take place in Yakutsk, Russia.

A prohibition on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) as fuels in Arctic waters, initiated by Denmark, will come into effect in 2024, as early as five months from now. So, what will be the impact of the ban and which countries are in favour of it?

It is interesting to look at what remains of the once intense Russia-West cooperation in the Arctic in the institutional dimension after almost two years.