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On Wednesday, Finnish authorities announced the seizure of a cargo ship suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable that connects Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland.
The Finnish Border Guard identified the vessel as the Fitburg, a 132-meter-long cargo ship registered under the flag of St. Vincent and Grenadines. It was en route from St. Petersburg, Russia, to Haifa, Israel, when it was intercepted.
Fourteen crew members from Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan were taken into custody for questioning, as reported by National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimaki.
Russia’s embassy in Finland expressed its readiness to assist the detained Russian sailors.
According to Finnish police, the Fitburg is believed to be “responsible for the damage” to the data cable owned by the Finnish telecommunications company Elisa, located within Estonia’s exclusive economic zone.
Elisa indicated that it had detected a fault in the cable earlier on Wednesday and had informed Finnish officials, reassuring that services were rerouted and remained uninterrupted.
A patrol vessel and a helicopter from the Finnish Border Guard found the Fitburg within Finland’s exclusive economic zone, where its anchor chain was observed to be lowered into the water. Authorities instructed the ship to stop, lift its anchor, and proceed into Finnish territorial waters where it was subsequently seized.
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Publish date : 2026-01-01 14:30:00
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