The ”Akademik Kovelyov” is officially handed over to the Northern Fleet. It will provide transportation of weaponry, including the Bulava inter-continental ballistic missile.
Rosneft’s and Lukoil’s dispute over the oil resources of the Laptev Sea shows that the Russian oil industry remains hungry for additional Arctic licenses.
Moscow has given thumbs up for a new 1085 km long highway connection between the regional capitals of Syktyvkar and Naryan-Mar, Komi Governor Sergey Gaplikov says.
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.