OSLO - Norwegian police said on Friday they had arrested a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea. Read more at straitstimes.
The cargo ship is suspected of being involved in causing serious damage to a fibre cable between Latvia and Sweden. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The incident is the latest in a series of cases of cables being damaged in the Baltic Sea, amid heightened tensions between Russia and the West since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable in the Baltic
OSLO - Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized a Norwegian-owned ship at Latvia’s request over its suspected involvement in damage done to a Baltic Sea cable.
Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, the second vessel to be named by investigators in the case.
Norwegian authorities detained the Silver Dania vessel with a Russian crew on Jan. 30 on suspicion of it damaging an undersea fiber-optic cable linking Latvia and Sweden, the Norwegian police announced.
Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of
Each day, a single minibus is permitted to cross the sealed border between Norway and Russia, shuttling between Kirkenes and Murmansk. Since Putin's invasion of Ukraine, nearly all borders between Western Europe and Russia have remained closed.
Norwegian police seized a Russian-crewed ship on suspicion of being involved in causing “serious damage” to a fiber cable in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden.
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