Atle Staalesen

Here comes Russia's biggest Arctic oil terminal

Rosneft officially starts construction of its Sever Bay seaport on the coast of peninsula Taymyr.
May 26, 2021

Gazprom's biggest Arctic field will fuel new petrochemical plant

Based on resources from the Tambey field, the natural gas company starts building of a major LNG and polymer plant.
May 25, 2021

Opposition leader fears father will end his life in north Russian prison

Leader of the Anti-Corruption Foundation Ivan Zhdanov says prosecutors have expanded charges against his father Yuri and that he now faces up to 10 years behind bars.
May 21, 2021

The Arctic leaders that sit down to discuss climate must abandon plans for oil drilling

A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) leaves no doubt: there can be no new oil and gas projects in the Arctic if global warming is to be kept below 1,5 °C.
May 20, 2021

Putin is ready to "decarbonise Europe". With LNG from the Arctic

The President calls liquified natural gas a "green fuel" and offers full support to Novatek's plans for expansion in Europe.
May 18, 2021

More than 60% of Russian territory is permafrost. Now it is melting

Climate change is about to dramatically change the Russian North. The country is now starting the building of a new permafrost monitoring system.
May 14, 2021

"Russia will not talk militarization during its chairmanship in Arctic Council"

But we will call for resumption of annual meetings between leaders of the Arctic countries' general staffs, says Russia's Arctic Ambassador Nikolai Korchunov.
May 13, 2021

"Patriots must be raised from childhood"

Dressed in military uniforms, preschool kids on Victory Day marched in the streets of closed naval town Zaozyorsk along with submariners and local troops.
May 10, 2021

North Swedish regions take lead in vaccination

Northern Sweden has suffered great losses in the pandemic, but by early May almost 40 percent of its population was vaccinated.
May 06, 2021

Russian Arctic oil races against time

"Extract as much as you can," the country's top energy legislator says. But time might be about to run out for new major oil and gas projects on the Russian Arctic shelf.
May 06, 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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