Russian Foreign Ministry reacts strongly to Uppdrag granskning's series The Shadow War. They claim that the reporting is a coordinated provocation by the Nordic states.

In the review "The Shadow War", SVT together with NRK, DR and Yle reveals how Russian spy ships have been in Swedish waters in recent years. And how several suspected Russian spies work in Sweden under diplomatic cover. "It is obviously a major review that Russia wishes we would not have done," says publisher Axel Björklund.