Posters accusing some of Sweden’s most renowned citizens of backing Nazism have appeared on Moscow’s streets, indicating deteriorating relations between the two countries as Sweden considers joining NATO.

Two posters posted to a bus stop outside the Swedish embassy included photos of Swedish King Gustaf V, writer Astrid Lindgren, film director Ingmar Bergman, and IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, together with the slogan “We are against Nazism, they are not.”

On a major street in central Moscow, Reuters noticed a third poster portraying the Swedish personalities, all of whom are now deceased.

“Sweden has no intention of engaging in a public polemic with the Russian organization ‘Our Victory,’ which is purportedly behind these posters,” the foreign ministry’s press office stated in a statement when asked about the posters.

“In Russia, charges of ‘Nazism’ have been levelled frequently against countries and persons who express legitimate criticism of Russia’s conduct,” the report continued.

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