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Finland jails ship captain for Baltic Sea cable sabotage

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A Finnish court has sentenced the Russian captain and an Azerbaijani crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg to prison for their roles in damaging subsea telecommunications cables. The ship's captain received a sentence of three years and six months, while the crew member was sentenced to two years and ten months. The incident occurred when the ship dragged its anchor along the seabed, causing damage to cables running between Helsinki and Estonia. AI

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Finland jails ship captain for Baltic Sea cable sabotage

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Reuters ·

    Finland jails Russian cargo ship captain over Baltic Sea cable sabotage

    A Finnish court on Thursday jailed the Russian captain and an Azerbaijani crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg for aggravated sabotage over damage to two subsea ‌telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland last year. Finland on December 31 seized the vessel in the Gulf of F…

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