Murmansk, Russia News

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A VETERAN has waited so long for the Ministry Of Defence to give him his promised bravery medal that he does not want it any more.

Al Munn is a long time broadcaster here in the Charlotte area. He also served in the U.S. Navy during World War Two.

Canadian navy veteran Tommy Simpson, 91, of Windsor, Ont., describes his experience in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

The ship Mikhail Dudin which has been to Bideford on a number of occasions to load ball clay bound for Kunda in Finland has shipped a nuclear cargo around Norway to the Russian port of Murmansk accourding to the website barentsobserver.com . rn voyage from Murmansk after the vessel over the last 48 hours has unloaded the potentially deadly cargo at ... (more)

A VETERAN who played a key role in persuading the government to create a medal for the veterans of the Russian convoys has died just days before he was due to lead commemorations for the Second World War's most arduous sea campaign.

World War II veterans in the Russia's northern region of Murmansk have received most inappropriate congratulations for upcoming Victory Day as they discovered letters in their mailboxes informing them of their right to a free burial.

Arkhangelsk Region is located in northern European Russia and borders on the Republic of Karelia and Vologda and Murmansk regions.

By Scott Stanfield - Comox Valley Record Published: May 01, 2013 3:00 PM Updated: May 01, 2013 3:31 PM The following year, still only 18 years old, the Scotsman was at sea aboard the HMS Domett, embroiled in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Arctic city of Archangelsk is sometimes equaled to "Russia's Los Angeles", though the cities have nothing in common.

MCC EuroChem acquired 47.67% of the shares in OJSC Murmansk Commercial Seaport, EuroChem informed.

'Seventy years too late', is how one man has described the handing out of Arctic Star medals to members of the Royal and Merchant Navy.