On September 27, AldriMer, a Norwegian information outlet specializing in military affairs, claimed that, according to its sources, “members of the Russian special services without any insignia and dressed as civilians were spotted on Svalbard [Spitsbergen] Island” and on Norwegian continental territory. As noted by the media site, forces deployed to Norway were “militarized mercenary formations, whose activities have been very well known starting from the annexation of Crimea”—in other words, members of Russian private military companies (PMC). The group was said to have been transferred to the island by a P-650 midget submarine, designed to transport military personal behind the enemy's front lines (AldriMer, September 27).
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