Increased risk of Russian sabotage, including in Sweden, warn Intelligence agencies
- Intelligence services around Europe are warning their governments of intensified Russian attempts at violent acts of sabotage across the continent, according to the Financial Times.
- Sweden’s prime minister Ulf Kristersson confirmed to Swedish Radio News that the government has received such information.
- In its article, the British newspaper also highlighted an official investigation into what it said was possible sabotage related to the train derailments in December and February affecting an iron ore line in the north of Sweden.
Radio Sweden
For more on the possible sabotage in northern Sweden this year, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Canada pledges billions for defence, falls short of NATO’s 2%, CBC News
Denmark: Denmark’s Arctic, North Atlantic focus: Canada among new defence attaché posts, Eye on the Arctic
Finland: Military exercise apparently disrupts weather images from Lapland, Yle News
Iceland: Iceland authorizes U.S. submarine service visits, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Against Russian aggression: Norway signs security agreement with Ukraine, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Military investigators conduct raids in Murmansk region to enlist young men, The Independent Barents Observer
United States: US Army sends heavy equipment to Arctic Norwegian port for transfer to Finland, Eye on the Arctic
