Atle Staalesen

Rosneft tells Putin its new Arctic project will be biggest in global oil

The development of Vostok Oil is to include 100,000 new jobs, 15 new industry towns, 800 km of pipeline and total investments of more than €144 billion.
February 11, 2020

New radars to protect Northern Fleet against supersonic attack

Two of Russia’w most advanced radar systems are under building in the Kola Peninsula. They will complement similar systems in Novaya Zemlya and Arkhangelsk.
February 10, 2020

Amid jubilant celebration at Svalbard, Norway sends strong signal it will not accept encroachment on sovereignty

A controversial message from the Russian foreign ministry gets a clear response from Oslo.
February 09, 2020

Russia is hotter than ever

Average temperatures in January were up to 12 degrees Celsius above normal in parts of the country.
February 06, 2020

Russian vessels shot cruise missiles in Norwegian Sea

Two big naval vessels from the Northern Fleet trained combat against enemy aircrafts off the Norwegian coast.
February 06, 2020

Mother from Murmansk lost son in Army, wins case in European Court

The Human Rights Court in Strasbourg concludes that the Russian Military failed to investigate properly the death of Konstantin Luzyanin and grants mother Valentina €26.000 compensation.
February 05, 2020

Moscow outlines €210 billion plan for Arctic oil

A new tax regime for the Russian Arctic is to provide for an unprecedented wave of investments in icy drilling.
February 04, 2020

Black day for coal company as it abandons grand Arctic dig

Vostok Coal is giving up its great Arctic project. The buyer of the vast coal reserves of the Taymyr Peninsula might be state nuclear power company Rosatom.
February 04, 2020

Northern Fleet’s troubadours rejected entry to Norway

Oslo does not want the Russian Navy’s song and dance ensemble to participate in a Norwegian cultural festival.
February 04, 2020

FSB gets more icebreaking vessels for Arctic patrol

A third ship for northern waters might be built by the Vyborg Yard outside St.Petersburg.
January 31, 2020

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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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