Atle Staalesen

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

Independent legal experts point at innocence of arrested historian Yuri Dmitriev

There are no signs of pornography in the pictures confiscated by police in the civil rights defender’s apartment, a new expert evaluation concludes.
December 26, 2017

Murmansk court case against Norwegian fishing company comes to end

After five rounds in the Russian court system, the owners of trawler «Remøy» decides to pay the fine.
December 26, 2017

Lukoil’s new terminal tanker anchors up in Kola Bay

It can store up to 309,000 tons of oil, and will be key part of the company’s growing shipping operations in Arctic waters.
December 25, 2017

Propaganda TV whips up spy hysteria along Russia’s border to Norway

Frode Berg is probably one of several people working undercover for an intelligence network, a leading Kremlin media mouthpiece claims.
December 22, 2017

As FSB marks 100 years of relentless spy-hunt, it nails a friendly Norwegian pensioner

Russian security service officers are celebrating a century of counter-intelligence, and boast that a growing number foreign agents are being hooked. This month, they put retired Norwegian border inspector Frode Berg behind bars.
December 20, 2017

Murmansk - the Russian Arctic growth region

For the first time, the Arctic region is among the eight most prosperous in Russia.
December 18, 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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