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• Bellona - Norwegian environmental organization with extensive knowledge on Russian sources of pollution.
• Nature and Youth > Russia - Norwegian ecological organization with representation in North-Western Russia.
• Krigen i Tsjetsjenia - Chechnya news coverage from Dagbladet.
• Tsjetsjenia - Chechnya news coverage from Yahoo News.
  FSB was behind the "Chechen terrorist actions" in Moscow, argues Ingvald Godal in his book Tsjetsjenia, der enkene blir selvmordsbombere (2003).
• Norwegian Center for Russian Studies - they keep track of Russian situation and disseminate that knowledge in Norway.
• menneskerettigheter.no > Russia - links to articles on human rights in Russia, both to Norwegian and international ones.
• Norwegian Helsinki Committee monitors human rights issues in many former Soviet republics and in Russia.
• Norwegian Atlantic Committee
• Russisk mafia - school project on Russian mafia.
• Russians challenge U.S. over radar in Norway - radar in Vardø: what the fuss is about.
• Antimissile front in the Northern Norway - more about the radar in Vardø.
• Hva skjer i Russland - newsletter on Russian politics and economics, 1999-2001.
• Fridtjof Nansen Institute - research on international environmental, energy, and resource management. Many studies connected to Russia.

• Baltic Research Center > Norway - press digest, analytical reviews mainly on politics and economics. Access to some articles requires paid subscription.

  Barents region:
  

• Ten years of Barents cooperation - press about the anniversary of Barents Euro-Arctic Council.
• Karelian Barents Information Centre - cooperation in the Barents region.
• Agro-Pomor - organization supporting contacts between farmers and peasants of Northern Norway and North-Western Russia.
• Svanhovd miljøsenter - organization working with environmental, ecological and land-utilization issues in Barents region.
• Air quality at Svanvik, near the Russian border - real-time monitor of SO₂ levels from the Nikel smelters.
• Kola Ecogeochemistry - mapping of contamination of the region, performed in 1992-1996.
• Norges Grensekommisær - commissioner for the Russian border (office in Kirkenes).

• From site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway (see section about countries and bilateral relations):
  • Norway and Russia - brochure in Russian, Norwegian and English (2003); other materials from MFA.
  • Norge og Russland. Mål og virkemidler i den videre utviklingen av vår russlandspolitikk.
  • Utenriksdepartementets Russlands-idédugnad - a kind of overview of Russian life and economics (2000).
  • Nationalism and the Russian political spectrum: Locating and evaluating the extremes - report by Sven Gunnar Simonsen (2000).

• List of Norwegian researchers working in the area of international relations with Russia.

• Agentura.ru > Norwegian Special Services, also about the Nikitin case and about expelling five Russian diplomats in 1998.
• Russian espionage in Norway - articles from Aftenposten, 1998.
• KGB in Norway - articles from Aftenposten 1984-97.
• Proceedings of Cold War conferences held in the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø. Articles about U-2 reconnaissance missions, etc.
• More than 50 Russians expelled from Norway since World War II - a short article in VG.
• USSR wanted to invade Norway? (in 1968) - article in Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
• Communist Party of Norway (NKP). Has offices in few places in Norway, e.g. in Trondheim.

• Putin's visit to Oslo on November 12, 2002:
  The President met the King, the Prime Minister, and representatives of large commercial companies. Several joint agreements were signed, including economic ones. A hundred of Chechen protesters were kept 150 meters away, well out of sight.
  Official agreements: Joint statement from Putin and Bondevik | Collaboration in the area of telecommunications | Border cooperation and economic crime | Cooperation between Defence ministries | Sport cooperation.
  Photo gallery of the visit
  Articles in Aftenposten