Norway Sees Higher Risk of Russians Sabotaging Energy Assets

(Bloomberg) -- Norway sees a growing threat of sabotage attempts by Russian intelligence services, including against the energy infrastructure in western Europe’s largest fossil-fuels exporter.

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It’s “likely that Russian intelligence will try to carry out such actions against targets in Norway in 2025,” according to its annual threat assessment published by the Police Security Service, PST, on Wednesday.

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The agency cited “dozens” of disruptive activities in Europe by Russian operatives using proxy actors that “have primarily targeted property and logistics infrastructure related to deliveries to Ukraine.” Still, it said that so far no attempts have been observed in Norway. Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in such efforts.

“The purpose of any actions against targets in Norway will be to prevent us from making deliveries to Ukraine or to negatively influence public opinion on support for Ukraine,” PST said. “In addition, Norwegian-owned energy infrastructure may also be a target for sabotage in the year ahead.”

Russian intelligence will “continue to map Norway’s critical infrastructure and try to identify vulnerabilities,” PST said. It also expects “the threat of influence operations from China, among others, to become more prominent.”

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