Atle Staalesen

Fake news! Russian legislators take on truth and the media

The State Duma adopts a package of new laws that enables government to crack down on news regarded as «unreliable public information.»
March 07, 2019

Izvestia: This is what awaits foreign military vessels on Northern Sea Route

Sailing on the route will have to be announced at least 45 days in advance and ships not complying with the rules will be forcibly stopped.
March 07, 2019

Nuclear container ship «Sevmorput» sets course for new Arctic gas field

The world’s only ship of its kind will deliver thousands of tons of construction materials to the Arctic LNG 2 project in peninsula Gydan.
March 06, 2019

Russia’s ambassador to Barents Observer: «Take your case to court»

The blocking in Russia of the Norwegian newspaper is lifted to diplomatic level.
March 06, 2019

Frenchmen sign landmark deal with Novatek, boost presence in Russian Arctic

Company Total acquires 10 percent of the Arctic LNG 2 project and gains exclusive rights over future developments in Russia’s most prosperous natural gas region.
March 05, 2019

State oil company might redirect millions of tons to Arctic coast

Rosneft mulls building of a 600 km long pipeline from its Vankor oil fields to the Kara Sea.
February 28, 2019

With more dark clouds in horizon, Russian Arctic meteorologists get almost a billion for studies of the weather

It is allocated from the government’s reserve fund and is to strengthen Arctic weather forecasting.
February 27, 2019

The Arctic island that disappeared

It was discovered in the early 20th century and has since been part of all maps of the Arctic. But now the island of Perlamutrovy has simply vanished.
February 22, 2019

New Arctic situation center comes to Murmansk

It will monitor and regulate ship traffic on the Northern Sea Route.
February 21, 2019

«What we need is more cross-border journalism»

His newspaper is banned by Moscow, but Thomas Nilsen and the Barents Observer continue reporting in Russian.
February 20, 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