Atle Staalesen

Arctic Brigade on snow

With new vehicles, Russia’s Arctic soldiers speed up across winter landscapes.
February 22, 2016

More delays for world’s biggest conventional icebreaker

Western sanctions hamper construction progress with the «Viktor Chernomyrdin», representatives of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation say.
February 19, 2016

«More media censorship»

There is a strong increase in the number of crackdowns on Russian internet media, a new report from human rights group Agora says. In Murmansk, the number of cases in 2015 doubled, while Komi Republic is the north Russian region with the highest level of censorship.
February 19, 2016

Governor: Novatek will build plant in Murmansk

The gas company intends to launch construction of offshore platforms in 2019, Governor Marina Kovtun says.
February 18, 2016

Karelian governor gets reprimand from Putin

He has failed to follow up a program on resettlement of people from dilapidated housing, the President says.
February 17, 2016

LKAB in trouble

Europe’s biggest iron ore producer faces major cost cuts and possible staff reduction as 2015 accounts show a loss of €750 million.
February 17, 2016

Northern winds to power more Swedish towns

Another 52 windmills are soon ready to be built in the deep forests of Norrbotten, the northern Swedish region.
February 17, 2016

Niinistö, Medvedev discussed Arctic migrant route

«Previously, it was not possible for people without visas to make it to the Russian-Finnish border», Finnish President Sauli Niinistö told Russian Premier Dmitry Medvedev.
February 17, 2016

This could soon be the world’s biggest Arctic port

More than three million tons of goods were handled at Sabetta in 2015. When in full swing, the port will have capacity for 30 million.
February 16, 2016

Minister hints tax on cross-border shopping

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov says goods brought across the border by private persons and for private consumption could become subject to taxation.
February 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
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