Finland jails Russian cargo ship captain over Baltic Sea cable sabotage
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Thu, 5 November 2026
11 reports- N1 Info (Croatia)12:00first to report
Finski sud u četvrtak je osudio ruskog kapetana i člana posade iz Azerbajdžana s teretnog broda „Fitburg” zbog teškog oblika sabotaže, odnosno oštećen
- Index.hr (Croatia)12:01
FINSKI sud danas je osudio na zatvorsku kaznu ruskog kapetana i člana posade iz Azerbajdžana s teretnog broda "Fitburg", zbog teškog oblika sabotaže oštećenjem dvaju podmorskih telekomunikacijskih kabela u Finskom zaljevu prošle godine.
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- Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)5 Nov, 13:19their copy
- Tagesschau (Germany)12:09
Zehn Monate nach der Sabotage an zwei Kabeln in der Ostsee sind ein russischer Kapitän und ein Crewmitglied in Finnland zu mehrjährigen Haftstrafen verurteilt worden. Sie sollen die Unterseekabel vorsätzlich mit einem Anker beschädigt haben.
- tportal (Croatia)12:19
Finski sud u četvrtak je osudio na zatvorsku kaznu ruskog kapetana i člana posade iz Azerbajdžana s teretnog broda "Fitburg", zbog teškog oblika sabotaže oštećenjem dvaju podmorskih telekomunikacijskih kabela u Finskom zaljevu prošle godine
- South China Morning Post12:30
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 Finland while it was en route from Russia to Israel, on suspicion that it had damaged cables running from Helsinki to Estonia. The Helsinki District Court sentenced the captain to three years and six months in prison...
- Der Spiegel (Germany)12:31
Für die Beschädigung eines Unterwasserkabels zwischen Finnland und Estland sind zwei Männer zu Haftstrafen verurteilt worden. Sie hatten den Anker eines Frachters 130 Kilometer über den Grund gezogen.
- Kyiv Post (Ukraine)12:57
Finland has sentenced a Russian captain to three and a half years in prison and an Azeri sailor to two years and 10 months in prison after an undersea cable was damaged in late 2025. The two are also required to pay €1.9 million ($2.1 million) in damages, and the captain was also fined €85,000 ($95,356), after they were accused of dragging the anchor across the seabed. The decision is not final, and the accused can still appeal.
- Le Monde (France)13:01
Le tribunal d’Helsinki a condamné les deux marins à de la prison, jeudi, pour « dégradation aggravée » et « entrave aggravée aux télécommunications ». Ils étaient soupçonnés d’avoir endommagé deux câbles avec l’ancre de leur navire, en décembre 2025.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)13:06
Finska je pojačala napore za zaštitu svoje podmorske infrastrukture nakon niza incidenata u kojima su se od 2022. godine na meti našli kablovi i cjevovodi u Baltičkom moru
- Anadolu Agency (AA)13:44
Russian captain receives 3.5-year term, Azerbaijani boatswain sentenced to 2 years, 10 months
- NYT World13:54
A Finnish court convicted the captain and boatswain of a cargo ship of aggravated criminal damage in relation to an incident last year in the Gulf of Finland.
Fri, 6 November 2026
1 report- Ukrinform (Ukraine)00:37
The Helsinki District Court has sentenced the captain and boatswain of the vessel Fitburg to prison terms in connection with damage to undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland late last year.