Atle Staalesen

The champion of Arctic oil

ENi’s Goliat or Gazprom Neft’s Prirazlomnaya?
August 18, 2016

Patriarch Kirill comes to Pechenga

«The Russian Arctic has always played an important role in the fate of our motherland», says the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church as he heads to Pechenga, the municipality on the border to Norway and Finland.
August 18, 2016

Cautious towards Russian invitation

Foreign ministers Timo Soini and Margot Wallström do not want to engage in bilateral talks with Russia over security issues.
August 18, 2016

Arctic winds will power Amderma

The town on the Kara Sea coast switches on its new wind park.
August 17, 2016

Kirkenes strengthens tie with Murmansk

«We agree that the massive nickel pollution across the border must stop», local Mayor Rune Rafaelsen says after his meeting with Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun.
August 17, 2016

Nuclear sub crossing Arctic, going home

The «Vladimir Monomakh», Russia’s newest strategic sub, leaves the Northern Fleet and heads towards its permanent base on Pacific coast.
August 17, 2016

Two more wells drilled at Prirazlomnoye, production surges

Russia’s only offshore Arctic oil platform now produces more than 6,000 tons per day.
August 17, 2016

Gay activists sue Murmansk, will take case to Strasbourg

Local authorities fret, while activists go to court for the right to organize a gay parade in town.
August 16, 2016

No more licenses on Russian shelf

Enough is enough, the country’s Ministry of Natural Resources hints as license holders fail to meet obligations.
August 16, 2016

Like Potemkin village, Kirovsk prepares for Patriarch’s visit

Local roads get new asphalt, buildings are painted and a whole street is wrapped in screen nets as Patriarch Kirill comes to town this week.
August 16, 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