Commonwealth North, a non partisan group in Alaska concentrating on public policy, will be holding a forum on May 20th centered around the Law of the Sea.

Gazprom’s construction of the 1100 km long pipeline between the Bovanenkovo field in Yamal to Ukhta in the Komi Republic is violating environmental legislation, local public organizations say.

With five years left to production startup, nothing has been done in Teriberka, the main hub for the Shtokman project development. The Shtokman Development AG now announces a number of new project tenders, and still maintains that the project is on schedule.

When the Catlin Arctic Survey team headed out to study the condition of ice in the Arctic, they were expecting to find some of the thicker, older ice that was once predominant in the region. Instead they discovered only thinner “young” ice that has only been around for a year and will most likely melt over the course of the summer.

A dedicated office to support UK scientific research in the Arctic was established last week by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

The Barents Regional Council should become a much stronger political body than it is today, Council Chair Pauli Saapunki highlighted in a council session this Wednesday. He believes the council, which includes political leaders from 13 Nordic and Northwest Russian regions, should have a bigger say in High North cross-border issues.

Russia and Norway should strengthen energy cooperation in the times of economic crisis, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said in yesterday’s meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co is in talks with Gazprom to expand their alliance on the Russian gas export monopoly's projects in Russia, it said on Thursday.