Russia ‘using disinformation’ to imply Sweden supported Qur’an burnings

Swedish government says Russia-backed actors' attempting to damage country's bid to join Nato

Sweden has been the target of a disinformation campaign by Russia-backed actors" attempting to damage the image of the Nato candidate country by implying it supported recent burnings of the Qur'an, its government has said.

Sweden is right now the target of influence campaigns, supported by states and state-like actors, whose purpose is to harm Sweden and Swedish interests," the prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, wrote on Instagram on Wednesday.