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Norway: Russia's worrying neighbor

S36 · E28 · 05 Dec 2025 · 12 min

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Faced with the Russian threat which is becoming clearer on its border, in the Arctic, the Barents Sea and around the Svalbard archipelago, the Norwegian government has launched a massive rearmament: a future tripling of its personnel within the NATO, investments in naval defense, strengthening of its northern garrisons.