Wallström-Lavrov meeting: The beginning of a thaw in Russia-Sweden relations?

... held in Karlshamn, in the Swedish province of Blekinge, not far from the main Swedish naval base in Karlskrona. The outcome here was different, however, as the municipal council agreed to lease its harbour for logistical support in the construction of Nordstream-2, but even then the agreement was only with the company Wasco, a subcontractor for Gazprom. Militarisation of the Baltic region and perceived Russian aggression and expansionism has prompted Sweden to embark on a programme of re-militarisation, even going so far as to re-commission old anti-shipping cruise missiles from military museums. This perception of Russia as a security threat reinvigorated the debate on Sweden’s neutrality status,...