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>Non-aligned Sweden is worried about Russia's Baltic military drills. >Ms Nyh Radebo said that "70% of parliament is behind the decision to strengthen the mili
by travmatt 10y ago
>Non-aligned Sweden is worried about Russia's Baltic military drills.
>Ms Nyh Radebo said that "70% of parliament is behind the decision to strengthen the military and co-operation with the countries around us".
>The closest co-operation is with Finland, she added.
>Sweden’s prime minister, Stefan Löfven, told a national defence conference this week that he “cannot rule out” Russia trying to influence the country’s next elections, which are due in 2018.
>“We should not rule it out and be naive and think that it does not happen in Sweden. That’s why information and cybersecurity is part of this strategy,” Löfven told the TT news agency.
>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/11/russia-waging-information-war-in-sweden-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/11/russia-waging-...
And that's besides the massive russian campaigns to cut off electricity to estonia. It'd probably be something akin to a professional negligence for a military commander not to recommend this, and it seems Swedish politicians for some reason aren't buying the 'put down your weapons and abandon your allies' line of argument.