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Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea

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7mo ago

Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea

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7mo ago

Finland stops Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea

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- I hope they have evidence of communication with Russia, but I doubt it. That's really the only possible evidence that could be found of a vessel dragging their anchor, other than maybe excessive wear of the anchor and related hardware?
  EDIT: Well, I was wrong!
Watch Russia do that surprised Pikachu face when it sees its ship's right of innocent passage out of the Baltic Sea revoked.
Whoever is behind it (All signs point to Russia or China). this is war posturing behaivor, and they're relying on legal loophole to commit hostile actions against Finland, the EU, and NATO. good on Finland for taking action, regardless of what lawyers say. you dont call the police when armed hooligans are already breaking into your house. You grab your strap.
- It’s all Russia. All those chinese boats linked to previous cable destroying made some extra cash when Putin’s boys gave them some brown envelopes under the table before their departure from St Petersburg.
- So what should be done to the country that blew up Germany's oil pipes?
  
  So what should be done to the country that blew up Germany's oil pipes?
  Thank them, whomever they were, for forcing Germany to finally move on from an economic model that was untenable not only for her international partners, but for her own population. Had the Nord Stream pipelines not been so severely damaged, the prospect of cheap industrial inputs may once more have tempted the business establishment to sell out Germany's partners and public interest for higher private margins; now, even if the upcoming election should yield a government friendlier towards Russia, rebuilding the Nord Stream pipelines –and with them a Trojan horse that had been looming over the European project– would be impracticable.
I wonder what kind on projection of power Russia is planning. Missile cruiser "visiting" Finnish waters.
- Amusingly, the Baltic fleet doesn't have anything larger than a frigate.
  
  Do you really need anything bigger? Costal missile batteries have a good reach, passive sonar can hear pretty much everything and planes/radar can pinpoint anything on the surface.
- Didn’t they just have a troop carrier and some oil tankers sink?
- I think the main point is to intimidate us. Like "boo, I'm your big scary neighbor, look at what I can do!"
  
  look at what I can do!
  I don’t wanna saaaaay
- Tugboat army
- Was it accompanied by a tugboat I hope? Those ships dont tend to be very well built, leak oil and pollute a lot, and rescue efforts for broken down Russian ships arent cheap. They should pay a deposit for entering Finnish waters with that garbage scow.
Seize it and sell it for the damages. If the cook islands have a problem with it, I'm sure they will say so.
Although to be fair its an end of life boat so its not worth a whole lot. Its an 18 year old boat and the lifespan of those is 20-30 years tops.
Finnish it!
The writers are doing a really good job keeping us guessing where WW3 will really kick off this season, the Baltics, the mideast, the south China sea, or some secret fourth place.

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