Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Russia reclassified as a military threat
Norwegian defense officials aren't declaring a new Cold War with Russia, but Norway's huge neighbour in the northeast is once again being described as a threat, also in the military sense.
Relations between Russia and Norway have been strained of late, over incidents ranging from illegal fishing in the Barents to collapsed investment prospects in Russian gas fields to Russian restrictions on salmon imports.
At the same time, Russia has been asserting itself all over Europe, often in unpopular ways.
Russia has always been a threat to Norway, a little country, just 4.6 millin pepople and almost no defense....
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