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 <title>Shipping to double on Northern Sea Route</title>
 <description>KIRKENES. More than 1,5 million tons of goods will be shipped along the Northern Sea Route in 2012, regional authorities in Murmansk say.</description>
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 <title>Murmansk goes cross-border</title>
 <description>KIRKENES: Transnational ideas and interaction is a powerful engine for development, Guvernor Dmitry Dmitriyenko says in the Kirkenes Conference.</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:21 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>Navy gets stronger in coastal waters</title>
 <description>Russia constructs a fleet of new corvettes and frigates.</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:51:03 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>Yet another naval fire in Murmansk</title>
 <description>A fire broke out aboard the coast guard vessel “Ural” yesterday while it was docked in Murmansk. This is the third fire in a military vessel in only six weeks.</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:47:09 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>Putin’s cousin invests in Murmansk</title>
 <description>Igor Putin, the Prime Minister’s cousin, plans to build an international port in Pechenga close to the border to Norway.</description>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:36:45 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>All time high at Lapland borders</title>
 <description>Never before has so many crossed the borders between Russia’s Kola Peninsula and Finland.</description>
 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:57:55 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>Yara drops cross-border processing idea</title>
 <description>Will be too expensive to process Lapland ore on Russia’s Kola Peninsula.</description>
 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:10:32 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>Peanuts for Shtokman</title>
 <description>Gazprom intends to invest $7 million in the Shtokman project this year.</description>
 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:07:21 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>FSB softens border regime</title>
 <description>Tears down newly established check-point in the border zone road towards Norway.</description>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:07:38 +0100</pubDate>
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 <title>Reconstructs before demolishing</title>
 <description>Norway is urgently expanding its border station to Russia to meet booming traffic. The new constructions will however soon be demolished to clear the way for a brand new border station.</description>
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