Civil Society and cross-border cooperation between Norway and Russia

Abstract

This report looks at cross-border cooperation among civil society actors in Norway and Russia since the mid-1990s, in relation to the development of bilateral relation between Norway and Russia at a state-level. We look at organizations that are based in the High North border region, and that have offered various health and social services in Murmansk Oblast over decades. Some of these organizations have cooperated closely with Russian health authorities, receiving funding from Russian authorities, private donors, and sometimes from abroad (mainly Norway).