{"id":43422,"date":"2019-03-19T00:13:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T23:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/?p=43422"},"modified":"2025-08-01T03:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:11:05","slug":"sw-2019-03-19-building-of-russian-orthodox-church-in-sweden-presents-a-potential-security-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/sw-2019-03-19-building-of-russian-orthodox-church-in-sweden-presents-a-potential-security-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"SW 2019.03.19 Russian Church, a Security Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Russian-Church-A-Security-Risk-to-Sweden.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50991\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Russian-Church-A-Security-Risk-to-Sweden.webp 800w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Russian-Church-A-Security-Risk-to-Sweden-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Russian-Church-A-Security-Risk-to-Sweden-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/The-Russian-Church-A-Security-Risk-to-Sweden-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vlt.se\/artikel\/building-of-russian-orthodox-church-in-sweden-presents-a-potential-security-threat#mer-i-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The building of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sweden<br>presents a potential security threat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Russian Orthodox Church, a Security Threat<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Church Belonging to the Moscow Patriarchy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>S\u00e4po notes that \u201creligious tools\u201d are used to influence Sweden<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/9faa55d4-58af-11f0-832a-005056bf30b7\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/main-enquete-EN-2.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20250704-the-church-by-the-airport-inside-russia-s-suspected-spy-activities-in-sweden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here, some 300 meters from V\u00e4ster\u00e5s airport, is the church being built.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Tonight, VLT can publish the story behind the first construction of a Russian Orthodox church belonging to the Moscow patriarchy in Sweden. A construction several security experts call a potential Russian security threat against Sweden. VLT can reveal money laundering in the company where the priest was CEO, connections to organized crime, and politicians with dual conflicting interests.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last week, the Swedish Security Police (S\u00c4PO) pointed out Russia as the biggest threat to Swedish national security. While this is being spoken from S\u00c4PO, the construction of a Russian Orthodox church is in full swing at H\u00e4ssl\u00f6 in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s. The building is located a couple of hundred meters from V\u00e4ster\u00e5s airport, an object of strategic importance for Swedish total defense and the ability to receive and provide support to host nations in a time of crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The construction of the church also fits S\u00c4PO\u2019s description presented in the Yearbook last week: \u201cRussia establishes footholds and platforms in Sweden, both physical footholds on the ground and ideological or social footholds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfKgIREraKQ?si=ukohWeqT9yU-3hsp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GfKgIREraKQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is the Russian Orthodox Church in Sweden a platform for espionage?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>S\u00e4po also notes that \u201creligious tools \u201dare used to influence Sweden.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/em><br><strong># <a href=\"https:\/\/swedinfo.ru\/novosti-stokgolma\/2522-russkaya-derevyannaya-tserkov-i-mafiya-ugrozhayut-bezopasnosti-shvetsii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russian Wooden Church and Mafia Threaten Sweden&#8217;s Security<\/a><br># <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vlt.se\/artikel\/building-of-russian-orthodox-church-in-sweden-presents-a-potential-security-threat#mer-i-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The building of the Russian Orthodox church in Sweden presents a potential security threat<\/a><br># <a href=\"https:\/\/anthie-alexandra-abducted2017.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VLT-2019.03.19-RU-Building-of-Russian-orthodox-church-in-Sweden-presents-a-potential-security-threat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0421\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0446\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0432\u0438 \u0432 \u0428\u0432\u0435\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0443\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0443 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0430\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reviewed July 2025<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Swedish Security Police (S\u00c4PO) pointed out Russia as the biggest threat to Swedish national security. While this is being spoken from S\u00c4PO, the construction of a Russian Orthodox church is in full swing at H\u00e4ssl\u00f6 in V\u00e4ster\u00e5s.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles","category-roc-russian-world-sw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actionagainstchildabduction.com\/sk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}