Putin Is Testing NATO on Norway’s Remote Arctic Islands
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While everyone is looking at the Baltic states, the Russian threat could very well come from a completely different direction. On Spitsbergen, a Norwegian...
The Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen is a demilitarized zone. This could become a problem, because Russia claims the archipelago belonging to Norway for itself.
Russia's increasing hybrid activity in Svalbard is raising fears that Moscow could trigger an incident that would test NATO's Article 5 on collective defense.
For almost a century, the greatest threat to the inhabitants of Svalbard was polar bears. Today they fear Russia more and more. Fears are growing that Moscow could use the vast Arctic archipelago — part of Norway with an unusual legal status — for NATO military testing, at a time when uncertainty is growing over America's commitment to Europe's defense, POLITICO reports. Allies suspect that Russia […]
Russia's growing hybrid activity in the vicinity of Norway's controlled territory, Svalbard, is fuelling fears that Moscow might cause an incident to test the mutual defence clause provided for in Article 5 of NATO, conveys Politico, quoted by the Defense Monitor. Allies suspect that Russia could consider destroying [...]
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