Atle Staalesen

Russia’s Defence Ministry says its new mini-sub will be able to dive to 11,000 meters depth

It will be operated by GUGI, the notorious deep sea espionage and sabotage unit of the Russian military.
April 19, 2024

Young men from north Russian navy towns refuse to fight. Many face years in jail for desertion

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the military court in Zaozersk, Kola Peninsula, has filed 76 cases against men that refuse to sign contacts with the Armed Forces.
April 17, 2024

Moscow adds awarded theater producer and play writer to list of ‘extremists and terrorists’

Renowned theater producer Yevgenia Berkovich and scriptwriter Svetlana Petreychuk face up to seven years in jail.
April 16, 2024

Against Russian aggression: Norway signs security agreement with Ukraine

“We need to do more,” Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide underlined as he met Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv.
April 16, 2024

Moscow says it will build drone bases along Arctic coast

Several bases for long-range drones will be built along the Northern Sea Route, a representative of the Russian Defence Ministry says to newspaper Izvestia.
April 15, 2024

Mayor of militarised border municipality Pechenga wins reward for local draft

Andrei Kuznetsov gets 229,000 rubles (€2,320) from the Murmansk regional Reserve Fund for his efforts to recruit local men for the war of aggression against Ukraine
April 15, 2024

Norwegians, Americans build Arctic satellite station against enemy cruise missiles

It will be built at Andøya, northern Norway, and be the first of its kind outside the USA.
April 11, 2024

Submariners from Russia's Northern Fleet fight and fall in Ukraine

A significant number of sailors from the naval base towns in the Kola Peninsula are killed in Russia's war of aggression.
April 10, 2024

New low for the people of Pechenga

The population of the far northern Russian border municipality once counted almost 60,000. By January 2024, the number had dropped to below 30,000.
April 09, 2024

Sanctions are about to wreck Moscow's grand Arctic projects

A collapse looms over Novatek's plans for the Arctic LNG 2. Several more projects might follow.
April 08, 2024

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Atle is journalist and Publisher of the Independent Barents Observer.

In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer. He was editor until 2009 and later worked as journalist and project coordinator for several European cross-border cooperation projects. In late 2015, following a conflict over editorial rights, he re-established the Barents Observer as an independent and non-profit stock company along with the rest of the newspaper crew.  

Atle has a degree in Russian studies from the University of Oslo and studied journalism at the Moscow State University.

atle@thebarentsobserver.com
@atlestaalesen