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A reminder from the Baltic on securing undersea cables
2 weeks, 6 days ago

A reminder from the Baltic on securing undersea cables

Hindustan Times  

Recent incidents in the Baltic Sea have thrust submarine cable security into the spotlight. Two undersea fibre-optic cables — one linking Finland to Germany and another connecting Lithuania to Sweden — were severed a few days ago, causing significant communication disruptions. Moreover, disrupting communication networks in non-belligerent States risks destabilising global economic systems, potentially harming the saboteur’s own interests, given …

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Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in Baltic Sea by dragging anchor for 100 miles while off radar in attack 'orchestrated by the Kremlin', report claims

Daily Mail  

A Chinese cargo ship deliberately severed two critical data cables in the Baltic Sea by dragging an anchor across the sea floor over 110miles while off-radar in an attack orchestrated by the Kremlin, a new report has claimed. European investigators told the newspaper that the massive Yi Peng 3 bulk carrier - 225 meters long, 32 meters wide and loaded …

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Latvia extends an entry ban on Russian tourists until March 2025 citing Moscow's war in Ukraine
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Latvia extends an entry ban on Russian tourists until March 2025 citing Moscow's war in Ukraine

The Independent  

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Grounded Baltic Sea ferry pulled off seabed, resumes trip
4 years, 1 month ago

Grounded Baltic Sea ferry pulled off seabed, resumes trip

The Independent  

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Putin rewrites World War II history – and does battle over historical memory
4 years, 6 months ago

Putin rewrites World War II history – and does battle over historical memory

CNN  

CNN — William Faulkner’s famous line, “the past is never dead. Putin begins the essay with a personal note: Like millions of citizens of the former Soviet Union, his family’s life was touched directly by the war. For starters, there’s Putin’s description of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, a nonaggression pact between Adolf Hitler’s Germany and Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union. …

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