Important stories from Russia's north

Welcome to the Barents Observer's weekly email digest. Russia's full-scale war on Ukraine is in its third year. This week we have many stories showing the brutal militarisation of northern Russia. Children on the Kola Peninsula are told that we in Scandinavia are supporting nazis. Young men from countryside villages, like in Pinega, are simultaniously killed en masse as Putin's war machine sends them to the meat grinder on the battlefields in east-Ukraine. Brutal Russian missile attacks are killing civilians in Ukraine. A hopeless war, started for nothing, built on a lie that neo-nazis are ruling in Kyiv.

Should we in northern Europe be worried when we see that kids across the border are taught to believe their neighbouring countires are supporting nazism? The best way we as journalists can combat Kremlin's disinformation, propaganda and blatant lies are to provide facts. The Barents Observer do so with good reporting on what happens in real life. Our team of Norwegian and exile-Russian journalists writes stories few others can provide. We do so in English and Russian. For readers inside Russia, the Barents Observer is unique. And important. We make a difference. 

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