Finnish authorities have seized a ship and detained a largely Russian crew amid suspicions it deliberately or recklessly cut a vital undersea cable by dragging its anchor through the Gulf of Finland.
The C-Lion submarine telecommunications cable being laid to the bottom of the Baltic Sea off the shore of Helsinki, Finland, on October 12, 2015. - Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images/FILE Two ...
An initial investigation into possible sabotage has been launched by four NATO countries -- Finland, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania -- after two underwater telecommunications cables across the Baltic ...
Chinese researchers apply for patents for “submarine cable cutting devices.” Russian security experts boast on state TV that cable cutting in the Baltic Sea will “freeze” Finland this winter. Northern ...
What just happened? Sabotaging undersea internet cables has become a common act of aggression in recent times. Following disruption to two of these cables in the Baltic Sea, including one that appears ...
The authorities seized the Fitburg, a cargo ship that was en route from Russia to Israel when it sliced the cable in the Gulf of Finland. By Neil Vigdor and Johanna Lemola Neil Vigdor reported from ...