Danes see Russia as a 'leader' with 'advanced capabilities'

The Danish position is similar to that reached by others in the Nordic region where national security agencies recently have pointed fingers at Russia for illicit online activities.

In its 2017 security assessment, Denmark's Center for Cyber Security said in a report released late Wednesday that Russia "has advanced capabilities to perform extensive cyber espionage against political and military targets in the West."

Norway's security service said Feb. 3 that nine personal civil servant email accounts in the Scandinavian country had been targeted by "spear-phishing" attacks that the PST agency believed was be associated with Russian intelligence.