Putin Is Testing NATO On Norway’s Remote Arctic Islands
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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.
Putin Is Testing NATO On Norway’s Remote Arctic Islands
“For the best part of a century, the biggest threat to the residents of Svalbard was polar bears. Increasingly, it now comes from Russia,” Politico reports. ”Fears are growing that Moscow could use the sprawling Arctic archipelago — a part of Norway with an unusual legal status — to test NATO militarily amid growing uncertainty […]
Suspicions that Russia is investigating undersea cables and carrying out military-type activities.
Russia's increasing hybrid activity around Svalbard has raised concerns that Moscow could provoke an incident that would test NATO's readiness and unity. The archipelago, a Norwegian territory with special international status, is becoming an increasingly sensitive point in the Arctic.
Norway is building up military capabilities in the Arctic, looking at a scenario of further deterioration of relations with Russia.
Spitzbergen, which has existed for decades on the basis of the principle of high latitude - low tension, has become a matter of concern to NATO, wrote Politico, and the allies suspect that Russia is studying submarine cables at the archipelagic and is testing secret weapons to cut them.
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