Russian Embassy in SwedenZURICH, Jan 19The Embassy of the Russian Federation in Sweden announced an unprecedented campaign «to inflate baseless anti-Russian fears», launched at the suggestion of Swedish politicians, after the diplomatic mission began to receive requests from the citizens of the kingdom to Russia «not to attack» their country. «Recently, the embassy there are numerous appeals from Swedish citizens (mainly elderly people and children) with requests addressed to Russia «not to attack Sweden. We consider these fears as a direct result of an unprecedented propaganda campaign launched in the Swedish media at the suggestion of local politicians to inflate groundless anti-Russian fears,» 
Blinken offered Russia two ways in the situation with Ukraine. The diplomatic mission stressed that Russia was not going and is not going to attack Sweden. «On the contrary, we would like to have good neighborly relations with our Swedish partners and develop a mutually beneficial dialogue with them in all areas, including the security sphere, what they have repeatedly officially offered to Stockholm, but have invariably been refused or stumbled upon deathly silence,» the statement says. aggression against Ukraine, the embassy assured Swedish citizens that Russia would never come to their homes with a war, «and all insinuations to the contrary are intended to convince ordinary taxpayers of the need to spend more money on military needs and dutifully follow instructions from across the ocean.» Earlier, Agence France-Presse, citing the Swedish military, reported that Sweden had deployed armored fighting vehicles and the military to patrol the streets on the island of Gotland because of «Russia's activities in the region.»
