Atle Staalesen

More Chinese money for Yamal

A newly established Chinese investment firm is placing its first money in the Russian Yamal LNG project.
January 07, 2016

What Russia’s new Security Strategy says about Arctic

Regional infrastructure must be developed and stress put on equal and mutually beneficial international cooperation.
January 07, 2016

Aircraft carrier in the Arctic

Russia’s projected aircraft carrier will be able to operate in Arctic waters, but might never be built.
January 06, 2016

Less party time for Russian families

The average Russian New Year’s table is less full with goodies as a growing number of families are forced to cut their household budgets.
January 05, 2016

Criticized Arctic militarization, got fired

A leading Russian expert on polar bears is dismissed after criticizing his country’s construction of a military base in the middle of an Arctic nature reserve.
January 04, 2016

Monster icebreaker for transpolar shipping

Take a peek at the projected Russian icebreaker, which will be able to open major sea lanes straight across the Arctic Ocean.
December 31, 2015

Terrorism is coming to Arctic, Putin fears

In a bid to counter the threat, Moscow decides to establish a counter-terrorism center in Murmansk.
December 29, 2015

Political cleanse in Petrozavodsk

Three days after the dismissal of liberal Petrozavodsk City Mayor Galina Shirshina, the region’s Supreme Court upholds charges against Deputy Mayor Yevgenia Sukhorukova.
December 29, 2015

Navy fills up with new ships

Russian Navy gets more new vessels than ever before in post-Soviet times.
December 28, 2015

More polar bears in Svalbard

But life conditions for the great Arctic predator is increasingly at risk as temperatures rise and ice melts.
December 27, 2015

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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