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'Russia is trying to sabotage European railways..' - FT

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'..The Financial Times reports that Russian attempts to destabilize European energy & transport infrastructure are well documented-- but thousands of incidents of sabotage have been swept under the carpet.'

- Chuck Pfarrer (Source, April 5, 2024)


'Prague has become increasingly hawkish on Russian influence campaigns after it approved a law in 2022 that allows the government to take measures against foreign entities suspected of violating human rights or cyber crimes.

'Russia has made “thousands” of attempts to interfere with European rail networks in a campaign to destabilise the EU and sabotage critical infrastructure, the Czech Republic’s transport minister has said.

Martin Kupka told the Financial Times that Moscow was suspected of having made “thousands of attempts to weaken our systems” since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Prague has become increasingly hawkish on Russian influence campaigns after it approved a law in 2022 that allows the government to take measures against foreign entities suspected of violating human rights or cyber crimes.

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The minister spoke to the FT in Brussels where he was lobbying the EU to pledge more of its common budget to major transport infrastructure projects as the bloc’s ageing railway network struggles to cope with increasing demand.

“It’s about absolutely overloaded conventional operators” for freight in particular, Kupka said, warning that it would potentially hurt the functioning of the EU’s single market.'

- FT, Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, warns Prague, April 5, 2024


Context

(Havana Syndrome)(Russian hybrid warfare)(US weakness) - '..Moscow has committed an act of war against the United States..'