
Sweden spying on Russian business targets, including energy - report:
It now seems Sweden was engaged in industrial espionage against business targets including Russian energy companies, Sveriges Television reports and inevitably, the information was shared with the NSA. Ref. Source 1
Russia Deploys Troops, Robots Along Entire "2nd Middle East" Arctic Belt:
On the heels of Sweden's military deployment (Following the discovery of a damaged Russian sub), it appears Russia is taking no chances with its access to Arctic resources.As Reuters reports, the Russian defense minister announced today that Russian military units will be deployed along the entire Arctic border from Murmansk to Chukotka in 2014. Ref. Source 8
'Russian distress call' prompting Swedish sub hunt never existed - sigint source:
Reports of a Russian distress signal and a grainy-picture were enough to deploy the navy while the media widely concluded the vessel had to be a Russian submarine spooking Stockholm. Ref. Source 2
Swedish towns told to 'make preparations regarding the threat of war and conflict' with Russia :
Sweden's towns and villages have been ordered to make preparations for a possible military attack in the latest sign of the country's growing anxiety at its newly belligerent Russian neighbour. Ref. Source 5z.