Svalbard Russia on Svalbard
The Russian settlements, Trust Arktikugol (Russia's state-owned company on Svalbard), and Norway's and Russia's dealings on the archipelago.
Special: Russia on Svalbard, in maps, numbers and archive pictures
Where it stands
The Russian state ship Professor Molchanov has been held in Barentsburg since 2 September under a court order won by Ukraine's Naftogaz. Trust Arktikugol says the arrest hurts Barentsburg and Pyramiden; Naftogaz says the ship is in commercial use. On 28 October the district court rejected Arktikugol's request to lift the arrest.
Naftogaz has also won seizures of Russian-owned property in Oslo and of vehicles on Svalbard. Since September, a Norwegian regulation limits seizures of goods the settlements need to keep running.
Radio Maya in Barentsburg has stopped its FM broadcasts while the Norwegian Communications Authority holds its frequency application.
History
- 1715Hunting and expeditionsRussian trappers stay the winterStore norske leksikon
- 1795Hunting and expeditionsFirst Norwegian winteringStore norske leksikon
- 1932The Svalbard TreatyA Soviet steamer runs aground on the way to BarentsburgStore norske leksikon
- 1935The Svalbard TreatyThe Soviet Union joinsStore norske leksikon
- 1941War and rebuildingThe mines stop and people leaveStore norske leksikon
- 1943War and rebuildingThe September raidStore norske leksikon
- 2017The present transitionHelicopter crash off BarentsburgStore norske leksikon
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Russia 54Arktikugol 28Barentsburg 37Pyramiden 10Russian settlements 5Naftogaz 11