Atle Staalesen

«Cross-border cooperation extremely important for Russia»

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ilya Subbotin visits Murmansk ahead of the new round of Kolarctic projects.
June 10, 2016

EU money for Russian Arctic wind power

Four wind power generators with a total 200 KWh capacity are being erected in Amderma, the town on the Kara Sea coast. Over the next years, EU programme Kolarctic will finance several more Russian Arctic wind parks.
June 10, 2016

In the top of the drill tower, a sign from God

Russia’s Arctic bishop pays a visit to new tundra oil field.
June 09, 2016

Internal conflict in Murmansk elite

The United Russia primaries in Murmansk were marred by internal conflict, a new report claims. At the same time, popular support for the government-loyal party is in sharp decline.
June 09, 2016

This icebreaker runs on LNG

The vessel, built and designed in Finland, will be able to cut through 1,6 meter thick ice.
June 08, 2016

Navy restarts summer shuttle to new Arctic bases

Northern Fleet vessels send several thousand tons of goods to its remote military outposts.
June 07, 2016

Ahead of Russia’s Year of Ecology, government kicks against green activists

Pressure is growing on the country’s independent environmental organizations.
June 07, 2016

«Mission completed». Exercise Barents 2016

About 200 personnel and 16 ships took part in this year’s joint Norwegian-Russian emergency and rescue training.
June 06, 2016

Gazprom withdraws from Barents Sea

Our drilling program in the area is far too ambitious, the company admits.
June 06, 2016

Independent Karelian journalists acquitted in court

The regional Supreme Court rules against local police, in favor of newspaper Severnye Berega.
June 02, 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