Atle Staalesen

Murmansk mayor puts eyes on federal politics

Aleksey Veller has submitted his candidacy for the upcoming State Duma elections.
March 03, 2016

Russian inspectors at Cold Response

As 15,000 soldiers from 14 countries engage in joint winter training in Norway, a team of Russian inspectors keeps a close look from the side.
March 03, 2016

As Arctic ice retreats, trawlers move in, threaten pristine waters

«This far, but no further» Greenpeace says about the quick Arctic expansion of industrial fishing.
March 02, 2016

Soldiers’ return to Amderma

More than 25 years after they left, Russian armed forces will be back in Amderma, the base on the Kara Sea coast.
March 01, 2016

«A more assertive and unpredictable Russia»

We need a good neighborly relationship with Russia, but stability in the North can no longer be taken for granted, Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende says in his annual address to Parliament.
March 01, 2016

Russia’s new year starts with recession

After a 3,7 percent shrinking in 2015, the country’s economy started the new year with continued decline.
March 01, 2016

Novatek presents plans for new Arctic LNG

The gas company invites Japanese investors on board as it starts preparations for a second LNG plant in the Arctic.
February 29, 2016

Supporters in Murmansk remember Boris Nemtsov

A quiet commemoration of the killed politician was held in downtown Murmansk.
February 28, 2016

On Arctic migrant route, transit point Kandalaksha

More than 200 migrants are waiting in the northern Russian town for their turn to cross the border to Finland.
February 24, 2016

With arrest of governor comes closure of newspaper

Daily Krasnoye Znamya Severa was closely associated with Vyacheslav Gaizer, the disgraced former leader of the Komi Republic.
February 23, 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