{"id":7876,"date":"2026-01-06T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=7876"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:00:38","slug":"russia-spies-norway-kirkenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/russia-spies-norway-kirkenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian spies discovered in Kirkenes, Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Russian spies discovered disguised as fishermen and tourists in Norway<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"450\">Russian agents infiltrate port city <strong data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"223\">Kirkenes<\/strong> in northern Norway, disguised as fishermen and tourists, reports <strong><em data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"297\">SVT<\/em><\/strong>. Commander <strong data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"328\">Finnmark's divisions<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"330\" data-end=\"350\">John Olav Fuglem<\/strong>, stressed that the activity of Russian intelligence and hybrid warfare in the border region is growing.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"452\" data-end=\"677\">\n<p data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"677\">\u00abWe see a bigger threat here, and it's primarily about espionage and information gathering. Residents notice people speaking a foreign dialect, taking photos and staying in forbidden or important places,\u00bb Fuglem said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"701\">Strengthening defence<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"954\">Finnmark Division was established in August 2025 as part of Norway's plans to <strong data-start=\"779\" data-end=\"842\">to double defence capabilities near the border with russia by 2032<\/strong>. The goal is to strengthen surveillance and deterrence of potential threats, including hybrid actions and espionage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"956\" data-end=\"1089\">Local authorities call on residents to <strong data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1040\">keep a close eye on suspicious persons<\/strong> and report any security incidents.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0448\u043f\u0438\u0433\u0443\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u0432\u0438\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043f\u0456\u0434 \u0432\u0438\u0433\u043b\u044f\u0434\u043e\u043c \u0440\u0438\u0431\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043a \u0442\u0430 \u0442\u0443\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0443 \u041d\u043e\u0440\u0432\u0435\u0433\u0456\u0457 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0430\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0438 \u0434\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0430 \u041a\u0456\u0440\u043a\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0447\u0456 \u041d\u043e\u0440\u0432\u0435\u0433\u0456\u0457, \u043c\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0443\u044e\u0447\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043f\u0456\u0434 \u0440\u0438\u0431\u0430\u043b\u043e\u043a \u0442\u0430 \u0442\u0443\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432, \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0454 SVT. \u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u0440 \u0414\u0438\u0432\u0456\u0437\u0456\u0457 \u0424\u0456\u043d\u043d\u043c\u0430\u0440\u043a, \u0414\u0436\u043e\u043d \u041e\u043b\u0430\u0432 \u0424\u0443\u0433\u043b\u0435\u043c, \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u0433\u0456\u0431\u0440\u0438\u0434\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0430 \u0432 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0440\u0435\u0433\u0456\u043e\u043d\u0456 \u0437\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0454. \u00ab\u041c\u0438 \u0431\u0430\u0447\u0438\u043c\u043e \u0431\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0443 \u0442\u0443\u0442, \u0456 \u0432\u043e\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0433\u0430\u0454 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0441\u0456\u043c \u0443 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":7877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"%title% | News","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0448\u043f\u0438\u0433\u0443\u043d\u0456\u0432","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-7876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7878,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7876\/revisions\/7878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}