Atle Staalesen

At midsummer, tankers get ice-trapped near Russian Arctic port

Shipping in the Gulf of Ob is paralysed and the situation complicated, icebreaker company Rosatomflot says.
June 21, 2018

Military shipyards eye stakes in Arctic LNG

The two major yards in Severodvinsk, northern Russia, intend to deliver key components to the country’s planned new Arctic natural gas project.
June 19, 2018

Russia’s natural resource minister opens new Arctic office

An improvement of the ministry structure is needed in order to meet the requirements of the President, says Minister of Natural Resources Dmitry Kobylkin as he announces the establishment of a new Arctic department.
June 19, 2018

Moscow says it is high time that Norway listens

If not, the good-neighborly relationship will be ruined, the Russian Foreign Ministry threatens.
June 18, 2018

Oil-hungry industry gets big Arctic opening near protected Svalbard waters

Norway issues several new oil licenses north of the 74th parallel.
June 18, 2018

Supreme Court overturns acquittal of Yuri Dmitriev

Regional prosecutors regain momentum in the case against the Karelian human rights defender.
June 15, 2018

China’s National Oil Company looks at Russian Arctic LNG

«They are interested», says the Russian Minister of Energy.
June 14, 2018

Chinese money for Northern Sea Route

Building of Russian Arctic infrastructure is part of a $9.5 billion credit agreement signed with the China Development Bank.
June 12, 2018

Expeditionary force moves 850 km across most militarized Arctic island

Five 30-ton heavy ATVs are making their way around the Novaya Zemlya as part of a major exploratory effort of the Northern Fleet.
June 11, 2018

«I will continue to cross the border to Kirkenes»

The number of people crossing the Norwegian-Russian border is shrinking. But some people, like Aleksandr, will continue to travel between the countries. «I have been doing my shopping in Kirkenes since 1995», he says.
June 08, 2018

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Atle is journalist and Director 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