Atle Staalesen

National security chief says Russia must bolster its Arctic military

According to Dmitry Medvedev, the chairmanship in the Arctic Council provides Moscow with an opportunity to promote national security interests in the Arctic.
June 23, 2021

Russia's new landing ship sails into Pechenga Bay, takes on board a battalion of special operations troops

The Northern Fleet tests its brand new landing ship in the bay located few kilometers from the border to Norway.
June 18, 2021

First plane lands in Novatek's new Arctic airport

The 1,550 meter long runway is now ready to operate round-the-year as part of the company's Arctic LNG 2 project.
June 18, 2021

A new Arctic oil region emerges on the banks of the Tazov Bay

Gazprom Neft launches production of its Tazov field, to be cornerstone in a new Arctic oil cluster.
June 17, 2021

On Putin-Biden agenda: the Northern Sea Route

The situation in the Arctic was discussed "pretty comprehensively" in the US-Russia top meeting in Geneva.
June 17, 2021

The governor-epidemiologist who fell ill with COVID

Vladimir Uyba was appointed regional leader as the coronavirus started to haunt the north Russian Komi Republic. This week, he was infected and hospitalised.
June 16, 2021

"Arctic drilling is a violation of human rights"

A group of young climate activists are taking their case against Norway's oil drilling in the Arctic to the European Court of Human Rights.
June 15, 2021

Rigs are sailing north for drilling in Russian Arctic waters

Wells will this summer be drilled in the the Kara Sea and the Gulf of Ob.
June 15, 2021

Ships set out on trans-Arctic voyage as spring comes to Northern Sea Route

Accompanied by nuclear powered icebreaker Yamal, LNG carrier Nikolay Urvantsev moves eastwards in this year's first transit shipment on the Russian Arctic sea route.
June 14, 2021

Moscow wants new connection to Arctic coast, revives plans for a railway to Sabetta

Following Putin's highlighting of the Northern Latitudinal Passage in his recent address to the nation, the major railway project might get a boost.
June 10, 2021

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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
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