Thomas Nilsen (born 29 August 1968) is a Norwegianjournalist who has extensively covered oil drilling in the Arctic region. He was editor of the ''BarentsObserver,'' a Norwegian Arctic online newspaper based in Kirkenes, for six years before he was sacked in 2015. Norway’s public service broadcaster, NRK, claim Nilsen was sacked at the behest of the Russian intelligence service, the FSB.
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