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Finland seizes Russia-linked tanker suspected of cutting vital undersea cables

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  1. ChingShih
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    It's been kind of crazy how callously Russia has acted here. I always figured that, from the Tom Clancy School of Get'em Before They Get You, the west would cut Russia off from the internet as the...

    It's been kind of crazy how callously Russia has acted here. I always figured that, from the Tom Clancy School of Get'em Before They Get You, the west would cut Russia off from the internet as the final warning before a major conflict. But here is Russia, probably but almost certainly, doing it to the west just as another poke in the eye.

    I do appreciate how fast Sweden has moved on getting NATO to talk this out formally.

    Sweden's Social Democrats want to activate NATO's Article 4 after the cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea

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  2. KapteinB
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    To enter the Baltic Sea, ships have to pass through the territorial waters of Denmark, Sweden, or Germany. Can they legally stop ships they suspect are part of Russia's shadow fleet?

    To enter the Baltic Sea, ships have to pass through the territorial waters of Denmark, Sweden, or Germany. Can they legally stop ships they suspect are part of Russia's shadow fleet?

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