Russia Threat Prompts Nordic Governments to Prepare for Worst
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Governments in the Nordic and Baltic region are stepping up their defense preparedness in response to repeated Russian incursions into their territories.
“What we are doing is what is to be expected from a military and political alliance: We are preparing ourselves for what we hope will not happen, we are preparing ourselves for the worst,” Norway’s Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said today in Oslo. “That’s our obligation, that’s an important step in preventing something from happening.”