we visit arild olsen, longyearbyen's mayor. it is a small community - with members from many parts of the world. svalbard is part of norway, but under a treaty signed in 1920, russians as well as other nations have the right to live and work here. for many decades that went well. but now, olsen fears russia's war on ukraine could lead to conflicts here too. one reason, he says, is that many residents of the russian settlements promote the kremlin's propaganda. i see the same things that comes from the official kremlin, also comes from the official barentsburg. same, same but different. and i see there's same propaganda machinery going on in barentsburg and in the kremlin. for example, on may 9th, residents of the russian settlement of barentsburg staged a military-style victory parade. such actions on norwegian soil are seen as a provocation by many locals. we decide to travel over to barentsburg to get the full picture. in summer, the only way to get there from longyearbyen is by boat. barentsburg with its coal mine and touris

we visit arild olsen, longyearbyen's mayor. it is a small community - with members from many parts of the world. svalbard is part of norway, but under a treaty signed in 1920, russians as well as other nations have the right to live and work here. for many decades that went well. but now, olsen fears russia's war on ukraine could lead to conflicts here too. one reason, he says, is that many residents of the russian settlements promote the kremlin's propaganda. i see the same things that comes from the official kremlin, also comes from the official barentsburg. same, same but different. and i see there's same propaganda machinery going on in barentsburg and in the kremlin. for example, on may 9th, residents of the russian settlement of barentsburg staged a military-style victory parade. such actions on norwegian soil are seen as a provocation by many locals. we decide to travel over to barentsburg to get the full picture. in summer, the only way to get there from longyearbyen is by boat. barentsburg with its coal mine and touris