Russian Intelligence Targeting Svalbard And Finmark, Using Russian Crews On Foreign-Flagged Vessels To Do So, Norwegian Police Security Service Warns – OpEd

In its annual report on security challenges, Norway’s Police Security Service warns that Russian intelligence is targeting Svalbard, an archipelago that belongs to Norway, and Finmark, the northern portion of Norway, and using Russian crews on foreign-flagged vessels to do so.

The report says that Moscow’s actions include “cyber and influence operations, sabotage, recruitment of human sources, evasion of sanctions and export control regulations as well as security-threatening economic...