Atle Staalesen

New terminal tanker in Kola Bay

The 300,000 ton tanker ”Umba” will serve Gazprom Neft’s Prirazlomnoye and Novoportovkoye fields.
December 09, 2015

Rosneft aims for Pechora LNG

The state company buys 100 percent of Pechora LNG, the projected gas plant on the Russian Arctic coast.
December 08, 2015

Arctic migrant flow, now in reverse

For weeks, big numbers of asylum seekers crossed into Norway from Russia. Now, the migrants are sent back to Russia. By the same bicycles.
December 08, 2015

Norway, Russia prepare for cross-border Arctic oil

As Norway invites its oil industry into new Barents Sea waters, it steps up talks with Russia over a cross-border exploration deal.
December 08, 2015

On Russian Arctic coast, a Turkish problem

The developers of the Yamal LNG project are in dire need of almost 1000 Turkish engineers and construction workers.
December 07, 2015

Successful rocket launch turns into failure

Russian Space forces successfully launch its new rocket carrier, but the unique satellite which was to keep track of foreign submarines is lost.
December 07, 2015

Finland ejects asylum seekers across Arctic border

The migrants who made it across Finland’s Arctic border to Russia get a quick return.
December 07, 2015

Russian inspection follows NATO visit in Finnish Lapland

Just few days after the departure of a high-level NATO delegation, a Russian military inspection team is on its way to the northern Finnish region.
December 07, 2015

These companies want to drill in Arctic Norway

A total of 26 companies sign up for 57 license blocks in Norwegian Arctic waters.
December 04, 2015

Oil revenues down 75%

Russia sells more oil but revenues plummet.
December 04, 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