Russia reportedly has been using a northern Norway town to experiment with hybrid warfare and influence operations.
Since annexing Crimea in 2014, Moscow’s military and intelligence services have been using Kirkenes, located six miles near the Russian border, as “a laboratory,” a regional police chief told The New Yorker.
Russian hackers have employed phishing scams, ransomware, and other forms of cyber warfare, and alleged tourists have been caught photographing sensitive defense and communications infrastructure.
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