Atle Staalesen

Oil company starts drilling on shores of great river Yenisey

Operations are in the making at Payakha, the oil fields that could become among the biggest in the Arctic.
June 18, 2019

Dismissed for a trip to Kirkenes. The story about the Murmansk prosecutor who visited Norway

The experienced and long-serving deputy prosecutor of Murmansk lost his job after a trip to the nearby Norwegian town of Kirkenes. He took the case to court, and won.
June 18, 2019

North Russian naval town rallies against Moscow

The closed military town that builds Russia’s state-of-the-art nuclear submarines is turning into a stronghold of protest against the construction of a huge nearby garbage dump.
June 17, 2019

No oil in Norway’s northernmost license

Equinor drills its second dry well in the license area located on 74 degrees North, near the border to Russia.
June 17, 2019

Russia’s new Arctic missile knocks out targets in massive test launch

At least 4 powerful belt wagons roll into the terrain and fire the missiles that soon will be deployed along the Russian Arctic coast.
June 14, 2019

Gazprom slashes costs, wants more time on shelf

The Russian natural gas company cuts investments in mineral exploration by 10 billion and announces the establishment of a new major subsidiary on geological survey.
June 13, 2019

Barents cod catch should be reduced, researchers say

«The stocks in the Barents Sea are smaller than before.»
June 13, 2019

Here comes Russia’s next grand Arctic seaport

On the desolate shores on peninsula Gydan comes the terminal that is to serve one of Russia’s biggest ever Arctic projects.
June 12, 2019

Russian elite troops train landing near border to Norway

A big landing ship sails into the Pechenga Bay to pick up marine infantry from nearby garrisons.
June 10, 2019

Finnish tech company joins development of Russian Arctic mine in militarized archipelago

Mining technology company Outotec will take part in the development of the Pavlovsky zinc and lead mine in Novaya Zemlya.
June 10, 2019

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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