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To make a long story short
Sea view
“Trøndelag is a region in central Norway where the most important logistics facilities under American jurisdiction are concentrated”.
That’s what the Russian website writes Nice in his introduction to an article about Trøndelag’s role in the Americans’ war preparations.
Belvpo is among several Russian-language websites that have mentioned Trøndelag’s equipment warehouses.
With arrows, they show how this military equipment can, and already during the ongoing NATO exercise, will be moved towards Russia.
It was Address newspaper who first mentioned the matter.
Mocking Sweden
Information games
– Putin and his supporters have over time had strong rhetoric towards the West, where the West is the enemy and the main opponent in the war in Ukraine, says Tom Røseth, head lecturer in intelligence at the Norwegian Defense College, to Dagbladet.
The fact that Norway and Trøndelag are singled out in these articles is part of a larger system that creates an enemy image of NATO, he believes.
– This is just another piece in this information game. There is a conflict between Russia and NATO in Ukraine now, but exaggerating NATO’s hostile intentions is important to create unity and not opposition in Russia.
Adresseavisen writes that American military warehouses in Trøndelag’s mountain halls have existed since 1981.
The soldiers occupied the beaches
Ahead of the NATO exercise Nordic Response, large amounts of equipment have been taken out for this exercise, and PST has stated to newspaper that they think the Russians are watching closely.
Røseth believes the articles show that Russia has a great interest in the northern flank, and that this has been renewed with the expansion of NATO with Finland and Sweden as new members.
– Recently, Putin has also stated that the presence in the North should be increased, as well as that the Finnish border has not previously been a problem, but that it has now become one. In reality, we will not see a change, since the ground forces are busy in Ukraine.
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– Originated from Telegram
According to Adresseavisen, the Russian newspaper Ukens Argument, Topcore and Belarus’ state broadcaster Belteradio have also discussed the same topic.
When he himself searched for the topic in Russian, Røseth noticed that a lot of hits came up on small news websites.
– The serious Russian media houses have not written about this. I see it originates from a Telegram account. This is how it usually operates, that the information is picked up and spread with incorrect information or crisis maximization, and then it is spread in social media. Then maybe it will be picked up by the bigger media eventually, says Røseth.
Snorts of Putin threat
He describes the language in the articles as simple, and it has both exaggerations and inaccuracies.
– It has the classic narrative that all NATO countries are under the US’s thumb and do not dare to have their own foreign policy. The fact that we and other countries feel worried as a result of Russia’s appearance is not emphasized at all. They also systematize, and give Norway and the USA offensive roles, says Røseth.
He also points out that the movement of personnel and materials is of interest to Russian intelligence, and that they have probably therefore followed the NATO exercise closely.
– This is not secret information, the information may have been generated by the Norwegian press. But it could also come from Russian intelligence.
2024-03-15 21:41:12
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