Atle Staalesen

Chechens developed combat vehicle for Arctic operations

Snow-going vehicle Chaborz M-3 is made in the Chechen Republic on request of chieftain Ramzan Kadyrov.
May 11, 2018

Arctic air base could be saved last minute by Nato’s growing focus on North Atlantic

The Norwegian government planned to abandon the Air Force base in Andøya. But Nato might want it otherwise.
May 09, 2018

This is on display in the Murmansk victory parade

Hundreds of soldiers put on their finest garment and dozens of pieces of advanced military hardware are ready to roll down the city main street.
May 08, 2018

Oil companies show fading interest in Taymyr

Lukoil drills dry and Rosneft decides to postpone further developments in the area.
May 08, 2018

Putin says Russia will be free and just, but young protesters say that he is lying

We must build a free and just society, Vladimir Putin underlined in today’s inauguration speech. But the young protesters who this weekend rallied in the streets of Murmansk and other Russian cities do not believe him.
May 07, 2018

Floating nuclear power plant entering Norwegian waters

The controversial Russian installation will spend the next two weeks along the Norwegian coast.
May 04, 2018

Preparing the ground for Facebook’s expansion in northern Sweden

The company buys land for its third server hall in the town of Luleå.
May 03, 2018

On Yamal tundra, a grand plan for reorganization of reindeer husbandry

The region that holds the world’s biggest number of reindeer wants to restrict animal migration and establish fenced «reindeer parks».
May 02, 2018

On May Day, a show of solidarity with Frode Berg

«Strengthen people-to-people cooperation, help Frode get home», was among the slogans in the 1st May parade in Norwegian border town of Kirkenes.
May 01, 2018

School kids tell Putin about dramatic melting of glaciers

In a presentation for the President, two young students describe how new islands are appearing along the coast of Novaya Zemlya as the archipelago’s great glaciers are retreating.
April 30, 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
@atlestaalesen