Moscow comments on Sweden's acknowledging 'Russian submarine' hunt was vain

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Moscow comments on Sweden's acknowledging 'Russian submarine' hunt was vain
A Swedish Navy spokesman said the "Russian submarine" Swedish media reported about in fall 2014 turned out to be a "technical vessel"

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. Russia hopes the Swedish military and civil authorities will be soberer in assessing the security situation in the Baltic Sea region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

The statement followed acknowledgement by a Swedish Navy spokesman that the "Russian submarine" Swedish media reported about in fall 2014 turned out to be a "technical vessel."

"The hunt for the Russian submarine, unprecedented in scale, thus turned out to be nothing more than a waste of money of Swedish taxpayers," the ministry said.

"It was apparently done for the sake of anti-Russian hysteria and to propagandize the myth of a ‘military threat’ from the East," it said.

Source: http://tass.ru/en/russia/789041

-- TASS 2015-04-14

[oneday]

"...Russia hopes the Swedish military and civil authorities will be soberer in assessing the security situation in the Baltic Sea..."

Yeah, the Russians would NEVER do this would they...nah...never!

[Barin]

Good that Norway has the courage to admit this mistake.

Waiting now for Holland to admit that there is not enough evidence to claim that Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by the rebels, and there is a probability that it was actually shot down by the Ukraine Army.

Edited April 14, 2015 by Barin

[Baerboxer]

Good that Norway has the courage to admit this mistake.

Waiting now for Holland to admit that there is not enough evidence to claim that Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by the rebels, and there is a probability that it was actually shot down by the Ukraine Army.

Where does Norway come into this?

And why should it effect the report of the Netherlands' government the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger plane?

I know who I'd believe between Netherlands and Russia - and it ain't Vlad and his mates.

[konying]

"...Russia hopes the Swedish military and civil authorities will be soberer in assessing the security situation in the Baltic Sea..."

Yeah, the Russians would NEVER do this would they...nah...never!

Have they?

[does]

Sweden, Norway - what's the difference...;-)

Where Holland comes in? Part of the "Coalition of the Paranoide" - and the anti-Russia hysteria that's consumed the West in recent years.

Good that Norway has the courage to admit this mistake.

Waiting now for Holland to admit that there is not enough evidence to claim that Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by the rebels, and there is a probability that it was actually shot down by the Ukraine Army.

Where does Norway come into this?

And why should it effect the report of the Netherlands' government the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger plane?

I know who I'd believe between Netherlands and Russia - and it ain't Vlad and his mates.

[Ricardo]

"...Russia hopes the Swedish military and civil authorities will be soberer in assessing the security situation in the Baltic Sea..."

Yeah, the Russians would NEVER do this would they...nah...never!

Have they?

I seem to recall an incident when a Russian sub ran aground in Swedish waters ... led to lots of jokes about 'Whisky On The Rocks' !

http://compunews.com/s139/sp2.htm

[hard124get]

Good that Norway has the courage to admit this mistake.

Waiting now for Holland to admit that there is not enough evidence to claim that Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by the rebels, and there is a probability that it was actually shot down by the Ukraine Army.

Holland can't do that cos it signed a 4 country agreement that all 4 countries had to agree on any findings that were to be released to the press, yes Ukraine was one of the countries !

[connda]

NATO and Russia have been playing games like this since the beginning of the old war. Nothing new under the sun here. I'm sure NATO has 'technical vessels' poking around the perimeter of Russian and Chinese waters, just as they poke around at NATO perimeters. Its a game until it's not a game. The good guy/bad guy paradigm is all relative to which side of the fence you happen to be born on.

[konying]

"...Russia hopes the Swedish military and civil authorities will be soberer in assessing the security situation in the Baltic Sea..."

Yeah, the Russians would NEVER do this would they...nah...never!

Have they?

I seem to recall an incident when a Russian sub ran aground in Swedish waters ... led to lots of jokes about 'Whisky On The Rocks' !

http://compunews.com/s139/sp2.htm

So Russian sub running aground was a security threat to Sweden?

[Yahooka]

Sweden, Norway - what's the difference...;-)

Where Holland comes in? Part of the "Coalition of the Paranoide" - and the anti-Russia hysteria that's consumed the West in recent years.

Good that Norway has the courage to admit this mistake.

Waiting now for Holland to admit that there is not enough evidence to claim that Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by the rebels, and there is a probability that it was actually shot down by the Ukraine Army.

Where does Norway come into this?

And why should it effect the report of the Netherlands' government the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger plane?

I know who I'd believe between Netherlands and Russia - and it ain't Vlad and his mates.

Sweden and Norway,whats the difference? Both are independent countries and Norway is a NATO member,Sweden is not .

[Srikcir]

"But they [sweden's Armed Forces] remain convinced that the first sighting was a small foreign sub."

'Submarine' in Sweden was only civilian boat, Published: 13 Apr 2015.

[SinCityGr8One]

Sweden = OOOOoooopsie! Ha Ha Ha, nobody is perfect!

[Lokie]

Sweden, Norway - what's the difference...;-)

Where Holland comes in? Part of the "Coalition of the Paranoide" - and the anti-Russia hysteria that's consumed the West in recent years.

Good that Norway has the courage to admit this mistake.

Waiting now for Holland to admit that there is not enough evidence to claim that Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by the rebels, and there is a probability that it was actually shot down by the Ukraine Army.

Where does Norway come into this?

And why should it effect the report of the Netherlands' government the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger plane?

I know who I'd believe between Netherlands and Russia - and it ain't Vlad and his mates.

Russian Bear escorted today by Norwegian Airforce then RAF Thyphoons out of Lossimouth, prob be more of that paranoid, anti-Russian western sentiment again (against the peaceful, iternational law abiding Mother Russia who cares after the defenceless poor peoples of the world and defends international human rights...

Edited April 14, 2015 by Lokie

[konying]

Sweden, Norway - what's the difference...;-)

Where Holland comes in? Part of the "Coalition of the Paranoide" - and the anti-Russia hysteria that's consumed the West in recent years.

Good that Norway has the courage to admit this mistake.

Waiting now for Holland to admit that there is not enough evidence to claim that Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by the rebels, and there is a probability that it was actually shot down by the Ukraine Army.

Where does Norway come into this?

And why should it effect the report of the Netherlands' government the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger plane?

I know who I'd believe between Netherlands and Russia - and it ain't Vlad and his mates.

Russian Bear escorted today by Norwegian Airforce then RAF Thyphoons out of Lossimouth, prob be more of that paranoid, anti-Russian western sentiment again (against the peaceful, iternational law abiding Mother Russia who cares after the defenceless poor peoples of the world and defends international human rights...

Today? or 6 months ago?

[Yahooka]

The scrambling of fighter jets to intercept russian military airplanes are now almost a daily ocurence.This hasn`t happened for 20 years when we was still in the height of the cold war .

http://barentsobserver.com/en/security/2015/02/russian-bomber-intercepted-norwegian-f-16s-carried-nuclear-warhead-01-02