The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) resorts to primitive propaganda to intimidate Norwegians by imaginary enemies, the Russian Embassy in the country said in the early hours of Friday, while commenting on the PST report out Thursday that suggested that Moscow and Beijing had been collecting intelligence on Norway's petroleum secto
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th December, 2020) The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) resorts to primitive propaganda to intimidate Norwegians by imaginary enemies, the Russian Embassy in the country said in the early hours of Friday, while commenting on the PST report out Thursday that suggested that Moscow and Beijing had been collecting intelligence on Norway's petroleum sector.
"There is nothing new in the PST's statements on 'Russian threats' to the petroleum sector - just general rhetoric. The security service has been engaged in primitive propaganda for many years, intimidating Norway's population, searching for enemies where they do not exist," the embassy wrote on its Facebook account.
The embassy added that Oslo should consider establishing substantive cooperation with Moscow in the security sphere and strengthening the bilateral relations, rather than demonizing Russia.
"The respective Russian proposals are regularly submitted to the PST and Norway's Foreign Ministry, the Norwegian side is to respond," the embassy said.
Norway discovered and began producing oil on its continental shelf in the 1970s. According to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, in 2019, the combined share of petroleum and gas in Norway's total exports equaled 47 percent. The total net cash flow from the industry is expected to constitute roughly 10 percent of Norway's revenue in the 2021 fiscal budget.
