Russia in the 21st Century [Superthread]

[suffolkowner]

Gee, wonder how that happened?

Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday.

www.cp24.com

getting to be a regular occurrence. No consequences so why would Russia stop?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Gee, wonder how that happened?

Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage, prompting investigation

A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday.

www.cp24.com

More ....

Finland investigates Russian ship after electricity disconnection

Finland is investigating a tanker following the rupture of a transmission cable in the Baltic Sea.

www.bbc.com

 

[Eaglelord17]

Maybe it’s time for a few Russian and Chinese ships to suffer unexplainable catastrophic failures after cutting the cables. They only respond to force.

 

[Kirkhill]

Maybe it’s time for a few Russian and Chinese ships to suffer unexplainable catastrophic failures after cutting the cables. They only respond to force.

Shocking.

 

[McG]

Maybe it’s time for a few Russian and Chinese ships to suffer unexplainable catastrophic failures after cutting the cables. They only respond to force.

Having the ships seized is probably sufficient.

Finland Seizes Ship After Undersea Cable Is Cut

The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.

www.nytimes.com

 

[suffolkowner]

Having the ships seized is probably sufficient.

Finland Seizes Ship After Undersea Cable Is Cut

The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.

www.nytimes.com

might be nice to have a solution pre cutting?

 

[brihard]

Perhaps now that the Baltic Sea is lake NATO, the Baltic countries should enforce mandatory pilotage for vessels transiting certain waters with vulnerable infrastructure. Back it with forced boardings of suspect commercial vessels if needed.

It’s not like the identity of ships comprising Russia’s shadow merchant fleet is unknown.

 

[JLB50]

Russia has been at war with the West since shortly after Putin first came to power.

 

[OldSolduer]

Russia has been at war with the West since shortly after Putin first came to power 1945 when Stalin made the Iron Curtain.

There - actually you could say 1917 as well. Even during WW2 they were spying on the West.

 

[lenaitch]

More ....

Finland investigates Russian ship after electricity disconnection

Finland is investigating a tanker following the rupture of a transmission cable in the Baltic Sea.

www.bbc.com

Perhaps now that the Baltic Sea is lake NATO, the Baltic countries should enforce mandatory pilotage for vessels transiting certain waters with vulnerable infrastructure. Back it with forced boardings of suspect commercial vessels if needed.

It’s not like the identity of ships comprising Russia’s shadow merchant fleet is unknown.

I wonder what the chances are they find either an anchor with razor blades welded to it or an anchor chain with no anchor ('huh - it was there yesterday').

Maybe it’s time for a few Russian and Chinese ships to suffer unexplainable catastrophic failures after cutting the cables. They only respond to force.

Too hard to push them out of a 5th floor window.

 

[McG]

Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social)

The problem with appeasement is you eventually run out of other people's airliners.

bsky.app

 

[Rifleman62]

Sell the seized ship to pay for the damages, or sell for scrap.

Further scansions? Why is any country selling to Russia at this point?

Example: Lots of European vehicles running in Russia. Where are they getting parts?

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Seizing Russian merchant ships, hurts them badly as they already have a shortage of hulls.

 

[Good2Golf]

Maybe it’s time for a few Russian and Chinese ships to suffer unexplainable catastrophic failures after cutting the cables. They only respond to force.

Russian cargo ship’s owner says sinking in Mediterranean was ‘act of terrorism’ | Russia | The Guardian

Three explosions caused Ursa Major to sink off Spanish coast, says company linked to Russian defence ministry

amp.theguardian.com