Atle Staalesen

Putin comes to Finland

It will be a working visit, the Finnish presidential office says about the meeting due 1 July.
June 28, 2016

Big increase in Nenets oil production

Up 11 percent from the same period last year.
June 28, 2016

Norwegian tanker aground in U.S. Arctic, stirs concern about security

The Norwegian flagged chemical tanker was loaded with 14,000 tons of oil products when it touched the ground in the Bering Strait.
June 27, 2016

Governor outlines master plan for Arctic outpost Dikson

Two new sea ports must be built to serve the projected grand coal project in the area, regional governor Viktor Tolokonsky says
June 27, 2016

FSB takes control on Northern Sea Route

The security service will from now on have the prerogatives for law enforcement along the Russian Arctic shipping passage.
June 27, 2016

This is the road towards more cooperation, transport ministries say

Top politicians and officials from the Barents region agree that infrastructure and communications between Russia and the Nordic countries must be improved.
June 24, 2016

New anti-terrorist legislation expands state powers, tightens civil rights

Critics fear that the new laws adopted by the State Duma will give additional state control over personal information and civil society.
June 24, 2016

Northern Fleet pilots returning from Crimea

Ten Su-25 and Su-33 fighter jets from Air Wing Admiral Kuznetsov are on their way home to the Kola Peninsula after training on the Black Sea coast.
June 24, 2016

World’s northernmost railway gets extension, will be connected with Arctic port Sabetta

Construction of another 170 km of rail across the Yamal Peninsula will start in 2017, regional leader Dmitry Kobylkin says.
June 23, 2016

Welcome to Pevek. Russia invites Arctic Council to icebreaker tour

June 22, 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