Finnish court jails Russian captain over Baltic Sea cable sabotage

Published on 5 November 2026 - 10:51 GMT+1

A Finnish court jailed the Russian captain and a senior crew member from a freighter on Thursday for sabotaging two undersea cables linking Finland and Estonia.

The Helsinki District Court said it had convicted the captain and his deputy on the Fitburg for "aggravated criminal damage".

The Russian captain was ordered jailed for three years and six months and the crew member, an Azerbaijan national, for two years and 10 months.

This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.