Atle Staalesen

Frode Berg: I feel really misused and fight against anger and hate

But I have not lost hope, the arrested Norwegian pensioner made clear as the Moscow court gave him another three months in custody.
February 02, 2018

State company moves in, takes control over Murmansk fish port

After years of hefty conflict over terminal facilities, state company Natsrybresurs takes over management of the 48 mooring points at the important infrastructure object.
February 02, 2018

Zero new helicopters for Norwegian Coast Guard

The fleet of NH90s should instead serve the country’s frigates and help hunt down enemy submarines, a new defense report says.
February 02, 2018

Chinese money for Karelian wind power

This is what they are interested in, the Russian deputy governor says as he returns from a business trip to China.
February 01, 2018

Fish industry leader in Murmansk says catch imports from Norway must resume

The sanction regime with neighbouring Norway should be softened in order to reopen for fresh fish deliveries to the regional Russian processing industry, says Mikhail Zub, head of the Murmansk Fish Enterprise.
January 31, 2018

First load of gas condensate from Yamal

The first 18,000 tons of condensate has been shipped out from the new Arctic port of Sabetta.
January 31, 2018

These are China’s top 10 keywords for the Arctic

The country’s new Arctic policy document mentions the word «research» 41 times, «cooperation» 46 times and «climate» - 26 times. Meanwhile, «oil» is mentioned only six times. Russia is referred to twice, while «military» is not mentioned at all.
January 30, 2018

Yuri Dmitriev: I lived in the same cell as the convicts of 1937-1938

I never lost the spirit, says the civil rights defender. This weekend, he was released after more than a year in jail.
January 30, 2018

Rally in downtown Murmansk, 22 detained by police

Up to 350 people assembled in downtown Murmansk in a protest against Putin.
January 29, 2018

Oil companies sum up a year in the Arctic

Russian Arctic oil is on the rise. But several regions experience a decline in output.
January 26, 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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