The distance from Kirkenes to Murmansk is a bus trip, the Norwegian often travel there to buy wine, ***** and other necessities. The proximity of the two people has always been amicable, it is not forgotten it was the Russian Army that freed northern Norway from the German **** occupation; the job was done the soldiers marched home. Lately, though, one read in newspaper both in Norway and foreign press, a tendency to scatter conflict between the two countries to inject dissent where there is none. This is manufactured and, I think NATO inspired It is also contagious this will spread to other parts of Norway as people tend to believe lies told many times until the lie becomes the truth The amicable friendship must not fall prey to propaganda and destroy the good relation Norway has with Russia.