Russia baffled by talk of US troop deployment to neighbouring Norway

‘Russia has expressed surprise over the controversial deployment of US troops in neighboring Norway amid growing tensions between the US-led NATO alliance and Moscow over the Ukraine conflict and the Syrian war.
“Taking into account multiple statements made by Norwegian officials about the absence of threat from Russia to Norway, we would like to understand why Norway is so much willing to increase its military potential, in particular through the stationing of American forces in Vaernes,” said the spokesperson for the Russian embassy in Norway’s capital of Oslo, Maxime Gourov.’
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