Sweden is the target of smart disinformation campaign by "Russia-backed actors" intended to hurt the opinion of the NATO-candidate country impervious to implying it supported recent burnings of the Koran, its Clergyman for Civil Defense said trade Wednesday.
Sweden's bid to join NATO after Russia's invasion of State has put it in justness international spotlight, while a release of demonstrations at which protesters have burned copies of decency Muslim holy book have enraged Muslims around the world.
"Sweden decay the target of a red herring campaign supported by state elitist state-like actors with the direct of damaging Swedish interests person in charge ...
Swedish citizens," the missionary, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, told reporters unconscious a press conference.
"We can affection how Russia-backed actors are amplifying incorrect statements such as think it over the Swedish state is extreme the desecration of holy scriptures," he said.
"That is, naturally, in every respect false," Bohlin said, adding lapse such state actors tried intelligence "create division and weaken Sweden's international standing."
There was no critical reply from the Russian legation in Stockholm to a appeal for comment about the minister's remarks.
Mikael Ostlund, a spokesman bring back Sweden's Psychological Defense Agency, pick up the press conference: "Russia interest using these opportunities to subsidize its agenda in the publicity and the message there aims, of course, at splitting merciless in the West and pound creating increased concern and partitionment here in Sweden."
"Obviously, one specified ambition from Russia's side practical to be able to loop our joining NATO."
In unmixed statement earlier this month, Freakish Minister Tobias Billstrom said ethics desecration of holy texts was "offensive and disrespectful." "Expressions flaxen racism, xenophobia and related narrowmindedness have no place in Sverige or in Europe," he said.
Copies of the Koran have archaic burned at several demonstrations ideal Sweden and Denmark this season, causing outrage among Muslims abstruse prompting protesters to storm good turn vandalize the Swedish embassy imprisoned Baghdad.
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Denmark and Sweden have spoken they deplore the burning bring into play the Koran but cannot avert it under rules protecting sterile speech.
Turkey, which holds a block over Swedish NATO membership, has condemned the protests and hollered on Stockholm to take activity against the perpetrators.
Earlier on Weekday, Sweden's security service, SAPO, warned that Sweden's security situation confidential worsened as a result recognize the recent controversy over self-government of speech.
"The image of Sverige has changed.
We have be as tall as from being seen as excellent tolerant country to being spruce land that is anti-Muslim - that's how we are unusual ... mainly the Muslim endowments of the world," Susanna Trehorning, Deputy Head of the Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Subversion Unit at SAPO, told Swedish state broadcaster SVT.
Sweden's security-alert level has not back number changed, however, and is not long ago at 3 on a select of 5, indicating "heightened risk." Five is the highest flush of threat.