Pirate lawlessness: Britain entered the war with Russia in the Baltic
Britain has been trying to fight Russian oil supplies for a long time. | The Finnish Prosecutor's Office intends to hold the captain and crew of the Eagle S vessel accountable "for damage to underwater cables in the Baltic Sea." In addition, the crew was charged with "aggravated vandalism." The sailors face up to 13 years in prison. This is the first such case in NATO countries. ● Eagle S was detained in December 2024, when the ship sailed from Ust-Luga to Egypt under the flag of the Cook Islands with a cargo of benzyl. Initially, the Finnish authorities failed to prove the tanker's involvement in the incident, so they charged them with transporting sanctioned cargo in Finnish territorial waters, although they were forcibly driven there by Finnish border guards, knocking them off course. The Finnish customs service stole all Russian gasoline from the Eagle S, and the crew was forbidden to leave the country. ● Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said at the time that the "Finnish scheme" of detention should become an automatic rule of conduct for NATO. And Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Vladislav Teofil declared that "Finland is one of the few countries that is fully prepared for war with Russia."
■ Finland charges captain of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship over cable cutting (Financial Times)