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Both Swedish and Norwegian intelligence services have warned that Russia is trying to lure criminals into carrying out sabotage activities in the Nordic countries. Russia’s potential targets in this regard are varied.
“We take this incident very seriously and, in light of the current situation, are paying even more attention to this threat, as it cannot be assumed that this could not happen on Danish territory,” Danish police intelligence service PET said in response to TV2’s inquiry into the case.
PET said that so far this year, there have been many acts of sabotage linked to Russia across Europe, such as arson attacks and serious vandalism aimed at preventing people from obtaining necessities, reducing support for Ukraine, and causing fears in Western society that the war in Ukraine could escalate further.
PET’s assessment of the situation is that Russia is prepared to take greater risks than before in a hybrid war against European countries and Europe.
Swedish Security Police spokesman Säpo told Aftonbladet that Russia’s attempts to hire criminals to carry out sabotage activities to destabilize NATO countries, including the Nordic countries, were new. He said that in the past, he had seen gangs used as middlemen for such activities, but not in the Nordic countries.
The head of Norway’s intelligence service, the PST, said it was investigating “many incidents” and that the service was aware that Russian intelligence was exploiting domestic criminals.
A spokesman for the intelligence agency did not elaborate on which Russian targets were. A PST spokesman said the town’s energy infrastructure was closely monitored and several incidents related to the energy sector were under investigation.
Fleming Splitsbor, an expert at the Danish think tank DIIS, said Russia’s possible targets were various cables, rails or infrastructure such as power and water supply systems.
Problems in the Nordic countries included damage to ground cables between mainland Norway and Svalbard and to Nordland Evens Airport. It was not clear whether the Russians were involved.
In Sweden, a train derailed between the Norwegian port town of Narvik and the Swedish mining town of Kiruna in a suspected case that Swedish security police believe was involved.
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