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Russia’s state-controlled telecoms giant Rostelecom said Saturday that its underwater cable in the Baltic Sea had been damaged by an “external impact.” Several undersea telecom and power cables have been severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months, with experts and politicians accusing Russia of orchestrating a hybrid war against Western countries supporting Ukraine. “Some…
Poland announced Wednesday it had shut its consulate in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, after Russia ordered the closure in a tit-for-tat move. Russia ordered the closure in December after Poland said in October it was closing Russia’s consulate in the Polish city of Poznan, accusing Moscow of “sabotage” attempts against Poland and its…
Two telecoms cables connecting Estonia and Finland under the Baltic Sea have been repaired after suspected sabotage, Finnish operator Elisa said on Monday. Finnish authorities are investigating the suspected sabotage of four telecoms cables and one power cable on Dec. 25 just weeks after other cables in the region were severed. Experts and politicians have…
Finnish law enforcement authorities imposed a travel ban on seven crew members of the oil tanker Eagle S as part of an ongoing investigation into the severing of an undersea power cable in the Gulf of Finland last month, the Nordic country’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said late Tuesday. The tanker, flying the Cook…
