Finland leaves ship 2 months after alleged sabotage

Helsinki – The Finnish authorities said on March 2 that they had been suspected of suspected of suspicion that he had deliberately reduced vital underwater cables in December 2024, but would be passed on to a criminal investigation by the episode.

In 2024, the authorities said that the ship, the Eagle S, the Russia's shadow fleet belongs – older tankers that transport Russian crude oil hidden worldwide – the concerns about a hidden campaign on the sabotage of the European infrastructure.

On March 2, the Finnish police announced that the aging tanker had been free since the criminal examination “progress” and had accompanied the ship from the country's territorial waters.

Mr. Petteri Orpo, the Finnish Prime Minister, said in an interview with Yle, the country's public broadcaster, that “the criminal process and the investigation will continue”.

The investigators still investigated materials that were collected on board after a “forensic examination” and continue to interview the crew, the police said.

Eight crew members are suspected of crimes, including serious criminal mischief and severe interference in communication, the police said in a statement. Finland was allowed to leave five last week, while the other three were still excluded from the statement from the explanation.

The police said the authorities hoped to complete the investigation by the end of April.

The Eagle s registered on the cook islands in the South Pacific were sailed from St. Petersburg, Russia, Port Said, Egypt, when it was confiscated.

The western officials have long feared that the so -called shadow fleet in Moscow could be used to avoid sanctions against the full invasion of Ukraine by Kremlin through the Kremlin. The episodes of separated cables have been worried that the shadow fleet could also be used for sabotage.

The Kremlin rejected the participation in sabotage, and Russian officials condemned the confiscation of the Eagle S. Nytimes

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