Atle Staalesen

Drilling in Kara Sea put on ice

State company Rosneft makes additional postponments in its Arctic drilling program.
November 13, 2015

Deeper into recession

The bottom has been reached, the Russian Economics Minister says. The country’s economy shrunk 4,1 percent in Q3.
November 13, 2015

Stole 43 million from Northern Fleet

A company director is arrested for theft in connection with repair works of Russian Navy vessels.
November 11, 2015

National security training for Murmansk governor

Together with regional leaders from the Russian Far East and the Crimea, Governor Marina Kovtun is attending a training course in mobilization procedures and national security.
November 10, 2015

Russia losing Arctic lands

Climate change and subsequent melting of permafrost gives major erosion along Russia’s Arctic coasts.
November 10, 2015

More Russian oil put on hold

The leading Russian oil companies are postponing the launch of another 29 development projects, among them in the Arctic.
November 10, 2015

More oil from the tundra

New Nenets fields are coming into production. That will give bigger regional output and subsequent more out shipments through Arctic waters.
November 09, 2015

Arctic army base construction put on hold

Federal authorities have halted financing of the new military base at Cape Schmidt.
November 06, 2015

The Murmansk salmon collapse

The Arctic region planned to become a leader in Russian aquaculture development. Now, massive fish death, bankruptcies and billions of lost investments are putting the industry on its knees.
November 06, 2015

Fish on fire

Flares light up the Arctic sky over Kola Peninsula as aquaculture farmers put fire to rotten salmon. This week, one of the key companies said enough is enough and declared itself bankrupt.
November 05, 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