https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's foreign ministry said on Thursday it had summoned Russia's ambassador for talks following reports of a brutal campaign against gay men by authorities in Chechnya. https://www.thelocal.se/20170421/sweden-summons-russia-envoy-over-reports-of-chechnya-anti-gay-violence Fri, 21 Apr 2017 09:06:58 +0200 sweden-summons-russia-envoy-over-reports-of-chechnya-anti-gay-violence A man in southern Sweden received an unusual surprise on Monday when postal workers somehow managed to confuse him with Vladimir Putin, delivering mail addressed to the Russian President through the Swede's mailbox. https://www.thelocal.se/20170329/swede-accidentally-receives-vladimir-putins-mail Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:44:58 +0200 swede-accidentally-receives-vladimir-putins-mail The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats have suspended a political secretary following a newspaper report that he was spreading Russian propaganda, only days after a Russian-born aide in the party resigned amid claims he was a security risk. https://www.thelocal.se/20160928/swedish-nationalists-suspend-aide-after-russian-propaganda-claim Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:10:39 +0200 swedish-nationalists-suspend-aide-after-russian-propaganda-claim A top Russian official has told a leading Swedish newspaper that the country would be likely to face military action if it were to join Nato. https://www.thelocal.se/20150618/russia-warns-of-risks-should-sweden-join-nato Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:33:54 +0200 russia-warns-of-risks-should-sweden-join-nato Neither Stefan Löfven nor any other cabinet-level ministers will be attending the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Moscow in May, according to the prime minister’s press office. https://www.thelocal.se/20150405/swedish-ministers-to-forego-russian-party Sun, 05 Apr 2015 18:25:07 +0200 swedish-ministers-to-forego-russian-party Sweden has agreed to Russian demands not to land fighter jets in Estonia during a coming military exercise in the Baltic region, according to a Swedish newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20150216/cweden-agreed-to-russiand-emands Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:00:00 +0100 cweden-agreed-to-russiand-emands Help us stem the crisis in eastern Ukraine or the “possibility of a peaceful life for over 800 million Europeans” is threatened, a letter sent from Russia to Swedish politicians says. https://www.thelocal.se/20150213/russian-pr-letter-sent-to-swedish-politicians Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:34:00 +0100 russian-pr-letter-sent-to-swedish-politicians As Russia strikes back at the EU and US with its own sanctions, Finance Minister Anders Borg worries that the sanctions against Russia are a "blunt instrument" which will damage Swedish businesses. https://www.thelocal.se/20140807/tougher-sanctions-hit-sweden-hard Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:08:00 +0200 tougher-sanctions-hit-sweden-hard Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on the EU to keep its resolve in dealing with Moscow in the wake of the Crimean crisis, mulling openly whether President Vladimir Putin has goals beyond the disputed Ukrainian territory. https://www.thelocal.se/20140406/bildt-on-putin-what-else-is-in-his-heart-2 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:50:00 +0200 bildt-on-putin-what-else-is-in-his-heart-2 Russian President Vladimir Putin won't have time to meet a descendant of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg who is seeking clues about the Swedish diplomat's mysterious death in Soviet custody. https://www.thelocal.se/20140128/putin-snubs-wallenberg-familys-plea-too-busy Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:33:00 +0100 putin-snubs-wallenberg-familys-plea-too-busy US President Barack Obama will visit Sweden in September after ditching plans to head to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://www.thelocal.se/20130807/49510 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:25:00 +0200 49510 Two masked Pussy Riot members visited the Swedish political conference Almedalen on Monday, speaking with EU Affairs Minister Birgitta Ohlsson and hoping to discuss the plight of two colleagues still languishing in Russian jail. https://www.thelocal.se/20130701/48804 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 19:25:00 +0200 48804 Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday said the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared "political", accusing Britain of double standards over his extradition order to Sweden on sex crime accusations. https://www.thelocal.se/20120906/43050 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:58:00 +0200 43050 During a visit to Stockholm on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered to enhance Sweden's nuclear safety with Russian technology, which he described as the safest in the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20110428/33442 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:36:00 +0200 33442 During a visit to Sweden on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blasted the gulf between words and practice in modern international relations, using an anecdote from his KGB past to denounce civilian deaths in Libya. https://www.thelocal.se/20110427/33436 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:06:00 +0200 33436 At a meeting in Stockholm with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that visa regulations would be eased while emphasising economic cooperation between the countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20110427/33424 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0200 33424 Former Russian president and apparent avid Abba-fan Vladimir Putin paid £20,000 ($29,000) to fly an Abba cover band from the UK to Russia to perform a private concert for him at a remote resort. https://www.thelocal.se/20090206/17414 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:18:00 +0100 17414