“In November, after #telecoms #cables to #Scandinavia were cut, the #DanishNavy detained the Yi Peng 3, a #Chinese freighter coming from a #Russian port, for a month. But China refused to co-operate, and the ship eventually sailed on. Then, on Christmas Day, an electric cable between #Finland and #Estonia was severed, allegedly by the Eagle s, a #tanker shipping #Russian oil under a #CookIslands flag. The tanker had at one point reportedly been kitted out as a Russian spy ship. Finland took a stronger approach: #coastguards boarded the ship and took it to a Finnish harbour. Finnish prosecutors are preparing #CriminalCharges.”
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