Atle Staalesen

Top FSB General on mission to Norway

Inside this motorcade crossing the border at Storskog Thursday morning is Army General Vladimir Kulishov, one of President Vladimir Putin’s top security officials.
August 25, 2016

Greenpeace not wanted in Yamal

A group of environmentalists intended to study climate change in the Russian Arctic peninsula.
August 24, 2016

Russia mulls extension of border zone

Official document indicates that Moscow is preparing the reintroduction of traveling restrictions in the borderlands to Norway and Finland.
August 24, 2016

Watch this: Arctic shipping operation goes very wrong

The large pipes destined for the LNG plant in Sabetta never made it across the Arctic waters.
August 24, 2016

Solar-powered UAV for Russian Arctic

It has a wingspan of 28 meters and is made for operations in the far north.
August 23, 2016

This is the most expensive Russian Arctic port

Regional Governor Igor Orlov requests Putin to introduce a unified level of port fees in all Arctic sea ports
August 23, 2016

Sweden is Europe’s quickest growing on wind power

More than 1,660 MW of new capacity has been developed over last two years. A major part of it in the country’s north.
August 23, 2016

In Severomorsk, Patriarch says Navy must have faith in God

Full combat readiness comes only with divine force and a devout spirit, the church leader tells young Northern Fleet officers as he pays visit to Russia’s most potent Navy town.
August 23, 2016

This is a Norwegian-Russian success story

Almost half the population of Kirkenes can cross the border to Russia without a visa.
August 19, 2016

Rosneft looks closer at northernmost license areas

The Albanovsky area is located on the 80th parallel only 32 km from the coast of the Franz Josef Land.
August 19, 2016

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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