But, when Exakt24 was approached for comment, they told a different story.

It was Frick who initially contacted them and said he wanted to find someone who’d burn the Koran - for which he’d offer to cover expenses. They recommended Paludan.
tidningensyre.se/2023/18-januar…

Sweden’s entry to NATO would have hugely positive security benefits for Europe & the world - especially in the Baltics. This incident played a key role in its attempted sabotage.

Yet the connections to Russia are barely covered outside of Swedish media.
cnbc.com/amp/2023/01/24…

Yet this incident was initiated, facilitated, covered and amplified by a “journalist” with Kremlin connections, Kremlin financing, and Kremlin sympathies who has long worked within a much larger Kremlin plot to polarise Swedish society.

Of course, the Danish politician does this stuff already. And there were already tricky issues to resolve between Sweden & Turkey, in addition to cultural divisions relating to free expression.

But these are resolvable.

The goal of Kremlin propaganda is to prise open divisions among its adversaries & polarise democratic societies, including by initiating provocations and amplifying fringe people as if they are important mainstream voices.

It’s why many of the Westerners who play their roles within this machine are just such mediocre individuals. They can’t make it on their own merits in politics or media in a free society so they’re propped up and amplified by the Kremlin.

The same pattern is being constantly repeated across Europe and around the world in order to support Kremlin narratives. This is just one of the most consequential. We should never have let it go this far.

It’s still not clear what outcome will be reached for Sweden’s NATO application. But if protestors in Turkey really wanted to stick it to the people who burnt the Koran, they should support the application.

This is the guy we’re talking about:

Notice that the people disagreeing with this thread are only making points already made in this thread.

“Actually there are other issues that also contributed.”

Yes.

“Actually, that politician was already doing this stuff so the Kremlin didn’t invent him.

Yes.

Just gonna leave this here: