TALLINN, Estonia — Baltic Sea countries are exploring new measures to detain ships they suspect of cutting cables and illegally carrying Russian oil, using everything from piracy laws to insurance ...
including underwater cables in the Baltic Sea. The three Baltic countries, which together have a 1,633-kilometre-long border with Russia and Belarus, informed Moscow and Minsk of the disconnection ...
including underwater cables in the Baltic Sea. On Saturday, all remaining transmission lines connecting the Baltic countries with Russia, Belarus, and Russia’s Kaliningrad — a Russian exclave ...
"Recent incidents involving undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea provide a matter of great concern. And a call for resolute action, as well," he added. Several undersea telecom and power ...
The Baltic Sea region is on high alert following power cable, telecom and gas pipeline outages between the Baltics and Sweden or Finland. All were believed to have been caused by ships dragging ...
For Russia, the decoupling means its Kaliningrad exclave, located between Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic Sea, is cut off from Russia's main grid, leaving it to maintain its power system alone.
Russia, which was formally notified of the impending disconnection last year, has been accused of sabotaging underwater cables in the Baltic Sea region by ships dragging anchors along the seabed.
The Baltic Sea region is on high alert after power cable, telecom links and gas pipeline outages between the Baltics and Sweden or Finland. All were believed to have been caused by ships dragging ...
In the past 18 months, at least 11 cables running under the Baltic Sea have been damaged. In a recent case, a ship from Russia's "shadow fleet" of oil tankers was accused of damaging Estonia's ...
According to Vitkauskas, giving Russian-linked vessels unfettered access to the Baltic Sea threatens critical energy infrastructure. He suggested “a concentrated passage in the sea where exactly those ...