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DR1 2023 1 season 3 eps 7 Ended

Putin's Shadow War

2023 1 season 3 eps 7

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Season 1

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Season 1

53 min

S1 · E1 · Apr 19, 2023

Putin's Spies in the Nordic Countries Episode 1

According to the London-based investigative organisation Dossier Center, Russian diplomats stationed across the Nordic countries have close ties to Russia’s intelligence services. Their targets include industry, critical infrastructure and political institutions. A team of Scandinavian journalists launches an investigation into Putin’s suspected spies in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. They obtain a list of suspected Russian agents and investigate pressing questions: Why is a Russian trawler equipped with military radio equipment? And what happened to the undersea cable near Svalbard?

7.6 · You

49 min

S1 · E2 · Apr 26, 2023

Russia's Spy Ships Episode 2

A suspected Russian spy ship enters Danish waters, prompting a team of Danish journalists to head out to sea and film it. On board, they spot armed crew members. Working with experts to analyse the vessel’s movements, they discover that it has sailed unusually close to offshore wind farms across Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Is the ship mapping critical energy infrastructure? And who are the Russian spies operating across the Nordic countries?

7.7 · You

58 min

S1 · E3 · May 3, 2023

The Battle for the Truth Episode 3

Secret surveillance reveals suspicious activity near the site of the Nord Stream explosions. Between June and September 2022, Russian naval vessels were spotted near the Nord Stream pipelines. One ship was observed near the site where an explosion would later occur, while another remained northeast of Bornholm for 24 hours. The journalists investigate these movements and examine how Russian disinformation spreads across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland and who is behind it.

7.9 · You

3 episodes in Season 1

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In a groundbreaking cross-border project, Nordic public service journalists exposed the names and faces of over 20 Russian spies at embassies in Scandinavia. By combining intelligence sources and leaked Russian databases, the project exposed the shadow war by Putin's agents, ranging from industrial espionage to dark vessel-surveillance of critical infrastructure at sea.

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Boris Benjamin Bertram Creator

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Boris Benjamin Bertram

Total runtime 2h 39m · Episode length 53 min · Type Miniseries

Show info

Premiered

April 19, 2023

Final episode

May 3, 2023

Status

Ended

Networks

DR1 · SVT · NRK

Country

Denmark · Finland · Norway · Sweden

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

53 min

Total runtime

2h 39m

Original language

Norwegian

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DR

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SVT

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NRK

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DR Sales

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Nordvision

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Norway

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Original title

Brennpunkt: Skyggekrigen

Spoken on screen

Danish · English · Finnish · German · Norwegian · Russian · Swedish · Ukrainian

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