Russian spy arrested in Norway.

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Christo Grozev

Oct 25 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Wow. Norway arrested a "Brazilian" university researcher at University of Tromso, who studied "hybrid threats". The catch? He's a Russian spy, not a Brazilian professor. More to come soon.

Mistenkt russisk spion arrestert i Tromsø
Justisdepartementet mener at mannen er en trussel mot norske interesser og varslet om ham allerede 20. oktober. Nå vil politiet utvise ham.
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/2BBWbq/mistenkt-russisk-spion-arrestert-i-tromsoe
The researcher apparently graduated from the Center for Military Studies in Calgary. Also, implausibly, he worked on a hybrid-threats university project called "The Grey Zone"

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So the latest crazy twist to the fake-Brazilian spy story is that he attended a hybrid threats working symposium in Vilnius sponsored by the EU, where one of the simulation topics was "what to do if Nord Stream pipelines are sabotaged".

Here's reporting in more detail from our investigative partners:

Her deltar den spionmistenkte på et treningsprogram mot hybride trusler
TROMSØ/OSLO (VG) Den spionmistenkte mannen trente på å finne svakheter i håndteringen av hybride trusler. Scenarioet: Sabotasje av gassrørledninger.
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/699mEO/her-deltar-den-spionmistenkte-paa-et-treningsprogram-mot-hybride-trusler

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