The Finnish police have provided new information on the progress of the investigation of damage to the EstLink 2 underground power line, the investigation of which has so far confirmed traces of several tens of kilometers at the bottom of the Gulf of Finland. the ship was dragging the anchor.
Investigators are trying to create a detailed map of possible traces of the anchor drag and its chain. The likely location of the anchor breach has not yet been determined, said Commissioner Sami Paila, who is leading the investigation.
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Research using an underwater robot
The research of the bottom of the sea in the area where the EstLink 2 electric cable between Estonia and Finland is located was carried out with the help of an underwater robot. However, according to the statement, further work is hindered by unfavorable weather conditions at sea.
An Eagle S tanker, traveling from St. Petersburg to Egypt, was stopped after several hours on Wednesday after an electrical connection failure. The service was in doubt, it was reported, because the ship’s anchor was “not raised and not in place”. Four undersea data cables were also damaged that day: three between Finland and Estonia and one from Finland to Germany.
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The police are investigating the case
On Sunday, a tanker with the flag of the Cook Islands, which is part of the Russian shadow fleet, was transferred from the open waters of the Gulf of Finland near the Porkkala peninsula (a few tens of kilometers west of Helsinki). to Porvu oil port.
Police are investigating the incident as a serious act of vandalism and destruction of property. Currently, investigators are focusing on questioning the approximately 20-person crew of the ship, which, as previously reported, included citizens of Georgia and India. The Customs Service is also investigating sanctions violations in connection with the shipment of tens of thousands of tons of Russian gasoline.
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