Atle Staalesen

Northern Fleet returns home from Syria

Family and friends of 4,000 sailors will soon again see their beloved ones, as Russia’s flotilla of Northern Fleet vessels are ordered home to the Kola Peninsula.
January 06, 2017

Putin: emissions must be cut with at least 50%

As Russia starts its Year of Ecology, the President presents a grand vision for a new and cleaner country. He demands radical modernisation of Russian industry.
January 06, 2017

Navy confirms new submarine is under development

Marine engineers have started the process with a new nuclear-powered sub, the Navy’s Deputy Commander said as shipyard Sevmash officially starts construction of Russia’s 8th, and last, Borey-class vessel.
January 05, 2017

More than 300 Russian paratroopers have been on North Pole

We now have a whole battalion of paratroopers trained in Arctic operations, the Russian Military says.
January 05, 2017

Eni’s Arctic platform Goliat halts production

It is the 5th production stop in less than a year.
January 04, 2017

Supreme Court decides, Karelian newspaper editor must go

Nadezhda Gongeleva looses her battle for the top job in newspaper Prizyv.
January 04, 2017

Statoil eyes an Arctic «elephant» near border to Russia

The Korpfjell license could hide the biggest discovery ever made on the Norwegian shelf. Drilling will start this year.
January 04, 2017

Potanin mulls closure of smelter in Nikel

The polluting plant on the border to Norway and Finland could be closed as part of a $14 billion development plan announced by Norilsk Nikel.
January 03, 2017

New fighter jets for Northern Fleet

Two Su-30SMs has landed in the Severomorsk airport.
January 03, 2017

First Russian vessel gets Polar Ship Certificate

Sovcomflot’s brand new oil tanker «Shturman Albanov» gets the Arctic shipping license required by the Polar Code.
January 03, 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
@atlestaalesen