Atle Staalesen

Arctic soldiers cashing in

Novaya Zemlya might not offer comfy living, but salaries on the closed and militarized archipelago are the highest in Arctic Russia.
January 11, 2016

Arson in Dudinka kills four

A fire in the local government building takes four victims, among them a representative of the Dudinka city administration.
January 11, 2016

Murmansk eyes compromise over Khibiny

It is one of the most popular destinations for mountain hikers in all of Northwest Russia. Now the area could get status as national park.
January 08, 2016

Government opens Ob Bay for foreign vessels

Shipping regulations in the shallow Arctic waters are liberalized in connection with upcoming production launch at the Novy Port oil field.
January 08, 2016

Merry Christmas from the Russian North

On live TV and in the presence of the region’s politicial elite, Arkhangelsk Metropolitan Daniil yesterday wished Russian northerners a Merry Christmas.
January 07, 2016

More Chinese money for Yamal

A newly established Chinese investment firm is placing its first money in the Russian Yamal LNG project.
January 07, 2016

What Russia’s new Security Strategy says about Arctic

Regional infrastructure must be developed and stress put on equal and mutually beneficial international cooperation.
January 07, 2016

Aircraft carrier in the Arctic

Russia’s projected aircraft carrier will be able to operate in Arctic waters, but might never be built.
January 06, 2016

Less party time for Russian families

The average Russian New Year’s table is less full with goodies as a growing number of families are forced to cut their household budgets.
January 05, 2016

Criticized Arctic militarization, got fired

A leading Russian expert on polar bears is dismissed after criticizing his country’s construction of a military base in the middle of an Arctic nature reserve.
January 04, 2016

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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