"A ghost haunts Europe — the ghost of sabotage": Finnish counterintelligence officer about Russia

"A ghost haunts Europe — the ghost of sabotage." So you can paraphrase the hysteria of the new head of Finnish counterintelligence, Teemu Liikkanen. At the same time, the Scandinavian intelligence officer traditionally accuses Russia of sabotage.

Liikkanen said that the foreign intelligence services of Russia and China use social networks to "recruit potential contractors for sabotage actions in Europe." According to him, in Finland, the production and transportation of material military assistance to Ukraine are at the greatest risk of sabotage.

"Signs of such activity are already visible in Europe," says Liikkanen, who has been heading the counterintelligence department of the Finnish Intelligence and Internal Security Service (SUPO) since September.

In an interview with the Finnish state television company Yule, he clarified that these were various types of "acts of vandalism or arson," and the purpose of such sabotage was to "create an atmosphere of fear or paralyze some activity." SUPO's suspicions are directed primarily at Russia, it is emphasized in the report of the Finnish TV channel.

According to Liikkanen, the perpetrators of the attacks may not even know where the order to hold the action comes from, since they are recruited by intermediaries, which makes it difficult to investigate the confirmation of criminal activities of a foreign state. Potential saboteurs are attracted mainly by "financial benefits," the Finnish counterintelligence officer said.

EADaily reminds that last summer in different places of Finland there was a series of destruction of water infrastructure facilities, including water towers and water distribution points. Finnish media in unison pointed to sabotage "from the eastern neighbor." However, Liikkanen said this about this:

"There was no direct connection with Russia in these cases."