Russian residents and Norwegian mayor argue next to the Soviet Red Army memorial in Kirkenes.

Tensions on the rise in the Norwegian town of Kirkenes on October 25, 2023. Russian Consul General Nikolay Konygyn made the mayor of Kirkenes Magnus Mæland very upset while laying wreaths at the Soviet Liberation Monument in Kirkenes - the Norwegian arctic town on the border with Russia. The situation heated even more after another Russian resident interfered. Take a look! Camera reporter: Olesya Krivtsova Edit: Elizaveta Vereykina