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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Johanna Lemola |Lynsey Chutel
A court in Finland found a Russian paramilitary fighter guilty of war crimes committed during Russia's first invasion of Ukraine, sentencing him to life in prison on Friday. Voislav Torden, a Russian citizen who also goes by the name Yan Petrovskiy, was charged with committing war crimes for leading an ambush on Ukrainian soldiers in 2014, when Russian-backed forces first invaded Ukraine's eastern front, according to the court ruling.
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1 month ago | 
straitstimes.com | Amelia Nierenberg |Johanna Lemola
HELSINKI – The Finnish authorities said on March 2 that they had released an oil tanker seized in December 2024 over suspicions that it had deliberately cut vital undersea cables but that a criminal investigation into the episode would continue.
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1 month ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Amelia Nierenberg |Johanna Lemola
The Finnish authorities said on Sunday that they had released an oil tanker seized in December over suspicions that it had deliberately cut vital undersea cables but that a criminal investigation into the episode would continue. The authorities said last year that the ship, the Eagle S, appeared to belong to Russia’s shadow fleet — older tankers that covertly transport Russian crude oil around the world — escalating concerns about a covert campaign to sabotage European infrastructure.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Johanna Lemola |Lynsey Chutel
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Johanna Lemola |Lynsey Chutel
Las autoridades finlandesas dijeron que el petrolero podría formar parte de la flota oculta rusa, que surgió como forma de evadir los topes de precios impuestos por Occidente al petróleo ruso transportado por mar. Estos límites se introdujeron varios meses después de que el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin ordenara la invasión total de Ucrania en febrero de 2022.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Johanna Lemola |Lynsey Chutel
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. Johanna Lemola and The Finnish police on Thursday boarded an oil tanker that the authorities said they suspected was involved in damaging vital undersea cables and suggested was part of a shadow fleet used by Russia to avoid Western sanctions.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Christina Anderson |Johanna Lemola |Henrik Pryser Libell |Amelia Nierenberg
Sus vecinos nórdicos han adoptado recientemente medidas similares. Finlandia publicó el lunes una versión consolidada en línea de su preparación para casos de crisis, y Dinamarca y Noruega enviaron sus lineamientos a principios de año. Intentan preparar mejor a la población para un mundo plagado de amenazas a la seguridad, desinformación, ciberataques y desastres climáticos.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Christina Anderson |Johanna Lemola |Henrik Pryser Libell |Amelia Nierenberg
The last time that Sweden updated the crisis preparedness advice it distributes nationwide, Russia had not yet launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Sweden had not joined NATO in response. "We live in uncertain times," Sweden told its citizens in a new edition of its emergency readiness pamphlet, which the government began distributing to households on Monday. Its Nordic neighbors recently made similar moves.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
businessandamerica.com | Melissa Eddy |Johanna Lemola
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Melissa Eddy |Johanna Lemola
Germany's defense minister on Tuesday called the severing of two fiber-optic cables in the Baltic Sea an act of sabotage aimed at European countries that are supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia. One undersea cable connecting Finland and Germany was cut on Monday and the other, which runs between Lithuania and Sweden, was severed late Sunday. The damage disrupted some data transfers but did not endanger the internet connection or security of any of the countries, authorities said.
