Atle Staalesen

Lavrov: U.S spies running around in Murmansk

They use rental cars and try to stay unnoticed, the Russian foreign minister says.
January 18, 2017

Moscow bigshots start Year of Ecology on border to Norway

Minister Sergey Donskoy and Kremlin special envoy Sergey Ivanov open new environmental center in the Russian border town of Nikel.
January 17, 2017

Russian Arctic ports have best year ever

Militarization and big industrial development take regional ports to a new height.
January 16, 2017

Historic Sámi agreement starts long way towards ratification

Indigenous communities in Finland rejoice as years of negotiations lead to agreement over the Nordic Sami Convention. But critics remain abundant.
January 16, 2017

Helsinki keeps open its channel to the Kremlin

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö confirms that he will meet Vladimir Putin twice this year.
January 16, 2017

Air Force builds new Arctic frontier

Ten new and upgraded airfields significantly strengthen the Russian Armed Forces’ capacities in the region.
January 13, 2017

Migrants headed towards Finland, detained in border town

Three Moroccan citizens made it to Alakurtti, but no longer.
January 13, 2017

Big investments will create 7,000 new jobs, Murmansk governor tells Putin

More than 3,000 of them are connected with Novatek’s and Rosneft’s plans in the region, Marina Kovtun highlighted in today’s meeting with the President.
January 12, 2017

Company boosts control over Murmansk coal exports

Russia’s biggest coal exporter SUEK increases its ownership stake in the Murmansk Commercial Sea Port to 75%.
January 12, 2017

Missile complex S-400 on guard in Kola Peninsula

Another Northern Fleet unit is equipped with the advanced mobile surface-to-air missile system.
January 11, 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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