Atle Staalesen

Drilling rigs are on their way to Russian icy waters

Weeks after schedule, Gazprom is getting ready to drill two wells in the Kara Sea.
July 25, 2018

Most powerful Navy vessel now almost 20 years under reconstruction

And there will be more. Representatives of the shipyard hint that there is still a long way to go with Russia’s nuclear missile cruiser «Admiral Nakhimov».
July 18, 2018

The monster-icebreaker that might reshape Arctic shipping

Yards fight for the right to build the nuclear-powered vessel that will be able to break through 4 meter ice and open wide shipping lanes across Arctic waters. But the biggest resource developers in the region might not really want it.
July 16, 2018

Gazprom moves on with another grand project on Yamal tundra

More natural gas from the Yamal Peninsula will be pipelined towards European buyers as Gazprom starts the development of Kharasavey, one of the company’s biggest Arctic fields.
July 13, 2018

Wind farmers quest a connection to Norway’s Arctic coast

The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held back by sparse infrastructure. And a growing opposition from local groups.
July 12, 2018

Is the governor of Murmansk leader of large-scale organised corruption?

Three of her former aides say that she is.
July 12, 2018

More comfortable living for Russia's Arctic elite soldiers

A number of new and modern housing blocks will be built in Sputnik - the base for the Northern Fleet’s naval infantry brigade.
July 11, 2018

Now also journalists can become «foreign agents»

It is another crackdown on the Russian media, and it will make it even harder for Russian journalists to engage in cooperation with foreign colleagues.
July 05, 2018

Navalny’s chief representative in Murmansk gets 150,000 ruble fine

Violetta Grudina organised a protest rally ahead of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin. Now comes the reaction from the authorities.
July 04, 2018

Upgrade for Northern Fleet air base

The Severomorsk-1 is now able to handle the biggest and most heavy military transport planes, the Russian Navy says.
July 03, 2018

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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
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