Russia starts renting out apartments to anyone at Norway’s Svalbard archipelago

The Barents Observer, February 16, 2023.

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“Svalbard’s position in the Barents Sea and its proximity to the Northern Fleet are aspects that have motivated Russia, and Soviet before that, to have presence there,” Østhagen explains.

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