A Russian captain and his deputy have been convicted of damaging submarine cables between Finland and Estonia.
Ten months after submarine cables were damaged in the Baltic Sea, a court in Helsinki sentenced a Russian captain and his deputy to several years in prison for serious damage to property caused by a towed anchor.
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On December 31, two submarine cables between Finland and Estonia were damaged by a dragged anchor.
Ten months after the sabotage of two cables in the Baltic Sea, a Russian captain and his deputy were sentenced to several years in prison in Finland. On Thursday, a court in Helsinki sentenced the captain to three and a half years in prison for serious damage to property; the crew member, who comes from Azerbaijan, was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison.
According to investigations, the freighter “Fitburg”, sailing under the flag of the Caribbean state of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, allowed its anchor to drag at least 130 kilometers across the seabed in the Gulf of Finland on December 31st. Two undersea telecommunications cables between Finland and Estonia were damaged, and investigators are convinced that eight more were damaged.

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