Posted on 10/07/2015 2:05:45 PM PDT by Trumpinator
A Norwegian Arctic newspaper editor who has extensively covered oil drilling in the region was sacked at the behest of the Russian intelligence service, according to Norway’s public service broadcaster.
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In what could develop into a scandal in the European Arctic, Nilsen was last week controversially fired as editor of the Barents Observer for having “acted disloyally” to the newspaper’s owners.
The title is owned by Norwegian Barents Secretariat (NBS), a local government body that promotes good relations with Russia in a region where the two nations cooperate and compete over fishing, oil and military strategy.
Remaining Observer staff, who publish the cross-border news service in English and Russian, initially lamented what appeared to be Norwegian government censorship. But the affair took a fresh twist on Saturday when the NRK quoted an anonymous government official who said the FSB had asked Norway’s government to silence the Observer.
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“Anyone who doesn’t sing hallelujah for the oil industry in Norway is a kind of outlaw,” he said. “[State oil company Statoil] are the biggest threat to democracy in Norway, because they are so enormous. This is a nice little selfish country of petroholics.”
Statoil and Russian state oil company Rosneft have plans to cooperatively explore for oil offshore in the Arctic - however progress has been stalled due to European Union sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Maintaining good relations with Russia is considered vital to Norwegian interests.
Russia reportedly houses a significant nuclear arsenal close to the Norwegian border and the two countries work together to store nuclear waste in the far north. The Norwegian government mantra for the Arctic, said Nilsen, was “high north, low tension”.
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The editor is lucky there wasn’t any roentgens involved in his “sacking”.
Nutty Green liberals. How else is Norway to finance its social welfare programs and keep war in winter? Just insane. Being addicted to oil is like being addicted to water.
Agore is so upset he'll ask Obozo to send in the Homos to slap those Russians back into line.
'nuff ssid
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