There is no evidence to propose that there were spy equipment on board the retained tanker Eagle S on Tuesday which led the investigation into the harm to submarine cables of the Criminal Police Office (KRP).
– So far We didn't find anything. said the investigator of the supers. Risto Lohi from the Finnish Police Department.
The fact that the Eagle S ship, belonging to the Russian shadow fleet, which was expected to harm the power and communication cables in the Gulf of Finland last December was with intelligence operations equipment, wrote British magazine “Lloyd’s Letter”.
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‘‘Tanker-spy’, has been equipped with specialized transmitting and receiving equipment for monitoring of NATO naval activities and aircraft“ He wrote the London portal citing his own sources.
EstLink 2 damaged. No sign of Russia. Your investigation
Last week, the Finnish paper "Helsingin Sanomat" reported that "while investigating cables harm in the Gulf of Finland not found no evidence of intentional action or links with Russia.’ Moscow and its alleged shadow fleet have so far been the main suspects in the case.
However, the latest findings do not confirm that in the December event, this Tanker Eagle S – pulling anchor over the seabed – intentionally damaged Estonian-Finnish power cable EstLink 2 and 4 telecommunications cables. The incidental will most likely be defined as accident.
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However, Finnish police are inactive investigating. “The crew’s behaviour during the incidental is being analysed, and the investigation will last for many months,” he admitted. Lohi. The tanker is detained at an anchor close the oil port of Porvoo.
As a result, among others, of this incidental European Commission announced the proposal to impose further sanctions on tankers carrying Russian oil, the alleged Russian shadow fleet.
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Eagle S built in China in 2006 swims now flying the flag of Cook Islands. At the time of the cable failure, the tanker sailed from Petersburg towards Egypt with a burden of Russian gasoline.
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The Finnish port inspectorate considered the unit, due to many method and safety deficiencies, to be unfit for operation and navigation. At the time of the incident, more than 20 crews worked on the tanker, consisting mainly of Georgians and Indian citizens.
