FX.co ★ Sweden calls off 20 million kroner mysterious submarine search

The hunt for an enemy submarine in Swedish territorial waters cost about 20 million kroner ($2.8 million). Just recently the world community was aroused with the message about bounds alleged violation with an unknown submarine. The elite troops were involved in the search for “The Flying Dutchman”. However, Rear Admiral Swedish Naval Establishment Anders Grenstad reported that the search operation had failed. The attempt to detect the foreign vessel cost the Swedish budget a lot of money, but even such a great financial baking didn't relieve the Armed Forces. «The search operation estimated cost is about 20 million kroner. Our assessment is that, there was a plausible foreign underwater operation. We couldn’t confirm the type and the nation it belongs to, or the mode of the foreign power operation. At least one mini-submarine was detected. Surely the vessel has already left the archipelago. All the obtain information is going to be analyzed, the details are due to be released lately», - the official report said. It's worthwhile noting that the following information appeared at the heat of the search operation, «the radio traffic of frequency The Russian Armed Forces use in cases of emergency was intercepted». The source of the signal was detected in Swedish territorial waters. The Russian Defense Ministry in its turn made an official statement that there were no extraordinary or emergency situations, involving Russian military vessels during the pointed period of time. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov accused the Swedish government of hyping-up tensions in the Baltic Sea region. «We are sure that the end of this tragicomedy is not going to be as faerie as its beginning. They have as many chances to detect the “Russian spice” in this area, as Fille and Rulle had while catching Karlsson».