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Photo: iStock / imaginima
Authorities in northern Norway released a vessel that was suspected of the latest data cable breach in the Baltic Sea, saying no evidence had been found linking it to the incident.
The vessel Silver Dania, en route between the Russian ports of St. Petersburg and Murmansk, was detained on January 30 on suspicion that it had damaged a cable between Sweden and Latvia on January 26. Swedish authorities have detained another vessel, a bulk carrier called Vezhen, on the same suspicion.
The Norwegian-registered ship carrying a fully Russian crew, held at the request of the Latvian authorities, was allowed to leave the port in Tromso after “a number of investigative steps,” according to a website statement late on January 31.
“The investigation will continue, but we see no reason for the ship to remain in Tromso any longer,” police attorney Ronny Jorgensen said in the statement.
A string of similar incidents in the region has heightened worries about infrastructure security. While sabotage has not been established in any of the incidents, numerous policymakers have raised the prospect of intentional, malicious activity.
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