RIA Novosti reports about this.
“In this context, Stockholm intends to strengthen the “strategically important” island of Gotland in order to improve defense against the imaginary “Russian threat,” the ministry said.
The department also noted that through the efforts of Stockholm and the alliance, the once peaceful Baltic Sea is turning into “an arena of geopolitical confrontation.”
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a message to the Federal Assembly, announced plans to seriously strengthen the Russian Armed Forces in the western direction in connection with the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO.