Atle Staalesen

More children from Russian North enroll in military movement

The Yunarmiya now includes more than 1,600 youngsters from the Murmansk region. Many of them live in closed Navy towns.
January 09, 2018

Russia’s grand LNG project takes its toll on Arctic environment

The developers of the Yamal LNG seek to overcome damage caused by the removal of 70 million tons of seabed from the Gulf of Ob.
January 08, 2018

Arctic region seeks to overcome large space, buys fleet of amphibious aircrafts

The plane is specially designed for Arctic flights and will soon be on the wings over the far northern Yamal-Nenets region.
January 05, 2018

On Murmansk waterfront, new infrastructure for world’s largest icebreakers in the making

State nuclear power company Rosatom invests big sums in the construction of a new dry dock and reactor repair complex.
January 04, 2018

Building new state governance in Russian Arctic

As geopolitical interests in the region rise, the country takes on Arctic institution-building.
January 04, 2018

Defense Minister Shoigu sums up a year of Arctic buildup

No country has ever carried out such extensive projects in the high north, the Russian military leader says in a recap of 2017.
January 03, 2018

New icebreaker arrives in Severomorsk

The «Ilya Muromets» is the Northern Fleet’s first new icebreaker in 45 years.
January 02, 2018

Russian Navy announces it will significantly expand Arctic air patrols

New and upgraded air bases allow the Northern Fleet to extend the scope of its Arctic flights.
January 02, 2018

FSB’s arrest of Frode Berg resounds in Norwegian border town

While retired border inspector Frode Berg is kept in pre-trial detention in Moscow accused by FSB of espionage, locals in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes on Saturday arranged a support rally under the slogan «Help Frode Home!»
December 30, 2017

Russian legislators ban foreign shipments of oil, natural gas and coal along Northern Sea Route

But there are exceptions in the new legislation.
December 26, 2017

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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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