Media Norway on arrival Rogozin: for us there is nothing unusual

For residents of Spitsbergen the arrival of Dmitry Rogozin came as no surprise, writes the Norwegian magazine.

The editor of Svalbardposten - Newspapers in Svalbard says that the visit of Russian Vice-Premier did not shock the population of the archipelago - it is simply no one knew and did not know if local politicians are not inflated from this scandal.

"Nobody expected arrival Rogozin, we learned about it only after he posted the photos to Twitter" - commented Eirik Palm trees.

Despite the fact that the visit has generated such negative reactions from Norwegian politicians, the population of Svalbard does not consider it as something great." With the Russian settlement on Svalbard we have close contacts, our two fraternity have a lot in common, and between them there is a constant exchange. Has the ability to be, this seems like drama For those who look at it from afar, but For those of us living here, this is not unusual, " said Palm.

before the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation expressed regret over the issue of accession of Norway to the anti-Russian EU sanctions. This step Oslo "with negative consequences For Russian-Norwegian relations" and "leads to distorted perception of the realities of our Norwegian neighbours," said the official representative of the Ministry.

The Norwegian party adversely parried to visit Dmitry Rogozin of the Spitsbergen archipelago. Russian Deputy Prime Minister during his visit to the North pole came to the Russian village of Barentsburg on Svalbard and at present there company Arktikugol.

Spitsbergen, or Svalbard (norw.), - a vast archipelago located in the Arctic ocean is the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. Its administrative center is the town of Longyearbyen. In addition to Norway, to conduct business activity in the archipelago, Russia. On the island of Spitsbergen lies the Russian settlement - the settlement of Barentsburg, and canned towns Pyramid and Grumant.


Western countries Since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions list of the USA.


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