Putting this as a tradition, SIVAIM is getting back to Business Safari event attempting to bring Russian investors to the North of Norway.

Following the success of the pilot business mission of 2011, SIVAIM is starting negotiation processes with Northern Norway’s municipalities.

Riga’s port may lose 11 million tons of cargo for the benefit of Murmansk.

If Riga does not shortly develop infrastructural capacities of its port on the Krievu Island, then it may lose 20% of its cargo. Customers will prefer the port of Murmansk instead, thinks the president of Latvian railways – Ugis Magonis.

Murmansk prosecutors report on ‘continuous decline in criminality rate’.

In 2011, 15.970 crimes were registered in the Murmansk region making a 5.1% decrease as compared to 2010.

Vladimir Putin tasked Federal Migration Service to develop all practical issues related to the common economic space, and to be prepared for EU visa abolishment.

The visa-waiver between Russia and the EU remains to be an ‘unconditional priority’ for Russia, underlined premier Thursday at the panel session of migration authorities.

Any shift in deadlines is unacceptable, said Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of Rostechnologies state corporation, about the upgrade works on Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier.

There is no question of deadline shifts around Gorshkov, said Chemezov, while some lagging in construction of three frigates for the Indian navy is to be truncated.

Yesterday, Vyachelslav Kuznetsov took the position of an acting Minister of Transport and Communication in the Murmansk region.

Turnover in the offices of Murmansk ministers is continuous. Last week, Irina Zheltova, the Minister in charge of construction, abdicated her authorities. Later on, Yury Chuikov, the Minister of Transport was granted leave.

January 1, updated Russian air legislation came into force imposing flight restrictions on older Soviet aircrafts. Nordavia insists the company has a reason to keep its AN24 props in the sky.

According to fresh legislative changes, aircrafts running domestic flights and weighing over 5.700 kg are to be equipped with GPWS (ground proximity warning system).

Early morning, 13 oil-cars got derailed while 4 of them toppled over as the goods train was approaching Vologda.

No deaths and injuries, Emercom reports.

A committee of supporters of Dmitry Medvedev is launching a website ‘Russia without fools’ to determine an average stupidity level of Russian officials.

The web project is to estimate irrational activities of regional officials and publish the findings on an interactive map.