The Swedish authorities have alleged that Russia was trying to disrupt their North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) membership process by spreading false information about the desecration of the Quran, The Guardian reported.

The Russian state-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik had published a series of articles in Arabic which falsely claimed that Sweden supported Quran burning, said Sweden’s psychological defence agency, which is part of the defence ministry.

The Nordic country was still Turkiye and Hungary’s nod for their entry to the alliance which is a political and military alliance of 31 countries.

The agency alleged that they logged about a million similar posts in Arabic and other languages.

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Several incidents related to the desecration of the Quran have been reported in Sweden and Denmark in the past few months, prompting protests in Muslim countries and widespread condemnation from the world.

With concerns from Muslim states, the Swedish government was under pressure to prevent such protests. They have also expressed their intention to amend the protest law.

Disinformation online had increased exponentially since the incidents of Quran desecration, Mikael Östlund, a spokesperson for the psychological defence agency, said. Among those spreading the false narratives were states and extremists, he added.

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