Sweden fears Russia and decides to increase its military effort
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New recruits during an inspection at Enkoping, northwest of Stockholm, March 2, 2017. Fredrik SANDBERG / TT News Agency / AFP
By: Frédéric Faux
21 min
No more budget: 3 billion more in 5 years, and 30,000 more soldiers and therefore the need to reopen old barracks.
Gotland, planted in the Baltic Sea, facing the coasts of the former Eastern bloc, this island was a veritable fortress during the Cold War, before seeing its soldiers leave and then return.
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