Atle Staalesen

This is Russia’s new North Pole base

It will house up to 62 people and be able to move autonomously around in Arctic ice for up to two years.
April 24, 2018

From FSB’s Lefortovo prison sounds a whining song from the Barents region

Singer Vladimir Martynenko from Murmansk used to tour neighbouring Scandinavia with Russian ballades about faith and love. He was arrested and spent more than 2 years in Lefortovo after refusing to cooperate with the Federal Security Service.
April 24, 2018

On Russia’s northernmost Arctic coast, a large-scale corruption case

Two men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in connection with the building of new Arctic Navy bases.
April 20, 2018

As ice melts, oil comes to the surface of Komi river

Spilled oil from one of Lukoil’s local pipelines is polluting the river of Maly Voivozh.
April 19, 2018

After Telegram could come Facebook

Russian state media regulator Roskomnadzor threatens the world’s leading technology and social media services.
April 19, 2018

20 fighter jets played war game in Arctic sky

Pilots from the Russian Air Force and Northern Fleet together hunted down and destroyed simulated violators of Russian Arctic airspace.
April 18, 2018

Ships arrive in Arctic peninsula Gydan, deliver first goods to new LNG project

In the course of the year, more than 40 thousand tons of construction materials are planned shipped to the remote and ice-covered Russian coast.
April 17, 2018

Chechen flag waves at Russia’s new Arctic base

Special forces from Chechnya constituted a key part of the troops which conducted combat training at Franz Josef Land.
April 16, 2018

Platform on its way to Norway’s new field north of Arctic Circle

The world’s biggest floating installation of its kind is being tugged to the Aasta Hansteen field.
April 13, 2018

As state runs out of cash, private companies move in to build new Arctic infrastructure

New Russian railway lines leading to the Arctic Ocean will heavily depend on private investments.
April 11, 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