Russia's Shadow Fleet Under Scrutiny After Baltic Sea Incidents

Russia's Shadow Fleet Under Scrutiny After Baltic Sea Incidents

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Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the Baltic Sea has been the scene of a string of incidents involving damage to key energy and communications lines. In the latest incident, an undersea cable between Latvia and Sweden was severed on January 26 amid suspicions that the incident was an act of sabotage, stoking fears of interference and putting a spotlight on Moscow's so-called shadow fleet. Swedish authorities boarded the Bulgarian-owned vessel that was sailing from Russia and later launched a sabotage investigation into the ship's actions.…

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