Norway’s Intelligence Chief Says Russia Becoming Bolder in Sabotage

The head of Norway’s foreign intelligence service says Russia has become bolder about sabotaging its oil and gas infrastructure than a year ago as it seeks to counter Western support for Ukraine. Vice Admiral Nils Andreas Stensoenes, head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS), said, “The risk level has changed.” “We believe sabotage is more likely, and we see acts of sabotage happening in Europe now which indicate that they have moved a bit on that scale,” added Stensoenes, who was speaking at an energy conference in Stavanger. His comments come only a few days after a beluga whale—which had been at the center of claims it was unwittingly spying for Russia—was found dead off the coast of Norway....