Sweden says Russia is greatest security threat

Russia provides the largest threat to Sweden due to the aggressive nature of the west, scandinavian security spervice sapo said.

This is written in the annual report that while Sweden joined the Alliance to our Mator’s Mato has strengthened its security, it also led to increased activity to Russian intelligence.

Sapo also said that Sweden’s security conditions are serious and can aggravate – foreign powers operating in the most threatening ways and the incidents of war.

Charlotte von Essen, the head of Sapo, said there is a “visible risk that security conditions can even worsen” in a way that is difficult to hide.

Sweden became a member of the NATO last year, which saw this strongest guarantee against Russia after the full invasion of Ukraine on February 2022.

That minister of civil defense warned “War in Sweden” In the near future due to violence in Russia.

Sapo said Tuesday that Russian intelligence activities have preceded to restrain the conjugation of NATO members, which restricts Western support for Ukraine, and round the penalties.

It said these activities showed Russia “more painful and dangerous danger” in front of a Swedish reinforcement, and European, defense.

“If the assembly gathers, the Russian security security uses a wide range of resources and various platforms,” ​​adding it limits intelligence officials.

Ms. Von Essen said Sweden should be vigilant about “widespread stories that are” trying to be “it’s important that we cannot normalize the new situation”.

In its report, Sapo mentioned suspicious incidents involving infrastructure and which countries can be behind “in some cases”.

Subsequent cables in Undersea and Gas Pipelines are damaged by suspected attacks since Russian invasion of Ukraine, which prompts the prompting of a sea launch mission.

The newest of such an offense was reported last month near the Great Island in Sweden.

The Swedish government also identified Iran and China posting important security threats to the Nordic country.

Last year, sapo Iranian intelligence is accused of hacking a text service service To send 15,000 messages to Sweden, after several Quran burns.

Sapo’s 2025 reports said intelligence threats include cyber attacks, stealing technology and tracking of foreign diedides living in Sweden.

It is also said that the threat of terror remains high, but lifting not only includes actors that are motivated “but also a fascination with violence with radical online.

Ms. Von Essen said Sapo saw the examples of nations including Russia and Iran who encouraged individuals, always young, to make actions of violence.

Severe attacks occurred in France, Germany and Austria, said the chief of the sua.

The Swedish himself faced after “The terrible incident of Orebro”, which he acknowledged, referring to a gunman who attacked a central Sweden education company, killed nine people.

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Sweden remains in high alert for terrorism – with the threat level assessed in four from five-point scale.