Atle Staalesen

Historically bad times for Russian trade

The country’s foreign trade drops to its lowest level in ten years, investments plummet and foreigners flee the country.
February 10, 2016

U.S fighter jets over Finnish Lapland

In exercises scheduled for May, American fighters will for the first time use Finnish air bases for training purposes.
February 09, 2016

«Let the Spektakel begin»

The Barents winter festival is ready to rock the Norwegian-Russian borderland with a mix of contemporary arts, music and political debate. «Get prepared to cross borders», says festival director Andreas Hoffmann.
February 09, 2016

Silent protest in Komi, Arkhangelsk

They were only a handful of people. But the message was clear: Imprisoned activist Ildar Dadin must be released.
February 08, 2016

Murmansk takes centerstage in Yara, Phosagro conflict

Bribery might have inflicted major losses on us, the Russian company says as it sues its former Norwegian partner.
February 05, 2016

Stalin’s ghost descends on Russian North

If you live in Arkhangelsk, the Soviet despot could soon come to a pedestal near you.
February 05, 2016

Fertilizer hike for Phosagro

The reconstruction of a processing plant in the Kola Peninsula will boost company output capacity by up to 20 percent.
February 04, 2016

50 million tons of Russian Arctic oil

The country’s three leading Arctic oil producing regions are pumping as never before.
February 03, 2016

«Clean up this rocket trash»

Leader of the Komi Republic calls on federal authorities to remove the space industry scrap littering his region.
February 03, 2016

Patriarch encroaches on Arctic Museum

The world’s biggest museum devoted to Polar history, the Russian Museum of the Arctic and Antarctica, might be kicked out of its premises in St. Petersburg by the Russian Orthodox Church.
February 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