Atle Staalesen

Russia is winning support for its claims on Arctic shelf, says chief negotiator

The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) has reportedly endorsed key parts of the country’s positions.
November 28, 2019

As LNG prices hit historical low, Russian government decides it will not fund new Arctic projects

Natural gas company Novatek might not get the state support it needs for new major infrastructure projects in the Arctic.
November 27, 2019

Marine researchers find a dramatic ecosystem shift in Russian Arctic waters

Species that previously were non-existent in Russia's remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers.
November 26, 2019

Northern Fleet’s 2nd new frigate is ready to test armament in Arctic waters

The «Admiral Kasatonov» is to be officially included in the Russian Navy in the course of 2019.
November 25, 2019

Suddenly two of Gazprom’s underwater pipelines came to surface in Arctic bay

A potentially critical situation might have erupted in the Baydarata Bay with two of the pipelines that bring natural gas from the Yamal Peninsula.
November 25, 2019

Their life mission was to protect Russia, Putin tells widows of men killed in Nenoksa nuclear weapons testing

The president awards medals of bravery post mortem to the deceased nuclear experts and expresses condolences with their families.
November 22, 2019

After the warmest ever Arctic summer could come the mildest winter

Air temperatures will be above normal across the whole region and ice layers far below norms, an international group of meteorologists says.
November 21, 2019

A 43 year old landing ship returns to Northern Fleet

After 5 years of repairs and upgrade, the «Olenegorsky Gornyak» is on its way back to the waters of the Kola Bay.
November 20, 2019

UN report warns Norway - growing oil production is inconsistent with climate efforts

Over the next four years, Norway’s petroleum production will increase by 40 percent. A new report from the UN Environment Programme warns the country and other fossile fuel producers that their expanding industries are not compatible with international climate action.
November 20, 2019

Arctic Palladium invests $15 billion in new project, will make Russia world’s biggest producer of rare metal

On the remote Arctic tundra of Norilsk comes a big plant for the production of the glittering and very precious metal.
November 19, 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