In the West, it became a habit to blame all their problems on Russia. Allegations that its intelligence services “extinguished” satellite signals during alliance maneuvers in Norway are from the same series.. This was stated by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova. She noted that the Norwegian Defense Minister accused Russia of "creating some interference for the GPS navigation signal", which allegedly "complicated the work of civil aviation in the north of the country". However, he acted as if the truth did not really interest him.. “We did not receive any official requests, although we could give detailed answers to all the questions of interest,” Zakharova said.. In her opinion, this whole scandal was inflated by Oslo artificially to hide its own punctures.. “It’s hard to get rid of the impression that these absurd stories were required by the Norwegian Defense Minister in order to divert public attention from the scandal that is gaining momentum, for example, with the newest Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad, which faced the oil tanker on November 8 and sank in the area of ??Bergen ", - quotes RIA Novosti the words of a diplomat. NATO exercises Trident Juncture (United Trident) were held in Norway from October 25 to November 7. They were attended by about 50 thousand soldiers from 30 countries. After their completion, the Norwegian Defense Minister said that Russia had jammed the GPS signal and interfered with NATO maneuvers.. Oslo was later supported in Stockholm, but also failed to confirm the allegations with facts.