The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

October 9, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Russia and Norway make progress on cross-border environmental problems

Russian and Norwegian environmentalists and politicians gathering in the industrial town of Nikel to tote up advances in cross-border […]

September 13, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Prosecutors reveal reluctance of Russian officials to enforce environmental fines

Russian prosecutors say the country’s environmental oversight agency has failed to chase down $70 million in fines from polluters in the […]

June 5, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Vague Russian promises on slashing pollution continue to frustrate Norway

More than two decades of successful environmental cooperation between Norway and Russia, especially on coping with the Cold War nuclear […]

June 1, 2017 Arctic, Industrial Pollution, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Bellona seminar sums up Russia’s Year of the Environment

“It’s totally unacceptable that Nikel’s emissions continue – we have told he Russians that emissions must go down,” said Norwegian […]

April 12, 2017 Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine

Northwest Russia polluter posts impressive cuts in harmful emissions

In a surprising development, the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company –which for decades has stubbornly fouled air over Northwest Russia and […]

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Oskar Njaa

General Manager for International Affairs
oskar@bellona.no
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Oskar is the head of the Russian Department in Oslo, and is responsible for project implementation and coordination of Bellona’s work across borders. Oskar has worked in Bellona since 2016 and has an MA from the University of Oslo in Russian area studies. Before he started in Bellona, he worked with the Norwegian environmental youth organization “Natur og Ungdom” as a coordinator for their Russia project, and has been a trainee with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. During his studies, Oskar spent longer periods in Russia and he speaks Russian.