Zapolyarny / Minneapolis / Helsinki / Petchenga / Twinning City / Korzunovo / Saint Paul / Nikel / /
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Tschudi Group / Statoil / /
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Europe / /
Country
Estonia / Sweden / Latvia / Norway / Russia / Finland / /
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Diplomatic Relations / /
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St. Petersburg State University / University of Eastern Finland / Norilsk Nickel plant / Barents Institute / Kirkenes international airport / Karelian Institute / /
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mass media cooperation / web-sites / gas and oil field / oil and gas / oil / transport infrastructure / mass media / public relations purposes / polluted mining town / /
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Barents Sea / /
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Red Army / Barents Institute / Ministry of Justice / Higher School of Economics / City Twins Association / Karelian Institute / Business Cooperation Center / Foreign Investor Business Association / Kirkenes / St. Petersburg State University / Norwegian Government / Swedish-Norwegian Union / Norwegian Business Association / Norwegian and Russian military / /
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Anastasia Rogova / Jonas Gahr Støre / Sergei Lavrov / Pertti Joenniemi / Alexander Sergunin / Putin / /
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municipal elections / /
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minister / Researcher / foreign minister / Professor / foreign businessmen / /
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Minnesota / Pechenga / /
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Northern Europe / Eastern Finland / northern Norway / /
Kirkenes-Nikel: Catching a Second Wind of Twinning? Pertti Joenniemi & Alexander Sergunin This article examines the unfolding of relations between two northern towns, Kirkenes and Nikel, as a rather recent case of