[tomalaci]

As if. The ship Finland seized some time ago was loaded with spy equipment [0].

If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it is a Russian spy.

[0] https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1151955/Russia-linked-cable-cut...

[jakewins]

Finnish authorities denied those reports in Lloyds List FWIW: https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/3fa30bba-6925-49ac-8c49-c...

But also yeah, the opinion of authorities I see quoted in Swedish and Finnish press has been very clear they don’t think this is accidental.

I’ve lived by the Baltic for much of my life, had many many years of nothing like this, then suddenly every week Russian ships “accidentally” cuts critical cables.

No reason to spread rumours, that’s how seeds of doubt are sown; the evidence is plain as day without manufactured stories

[powerhugs]

Shrug at HN.

This comment is correct & shouldn't be downvoted.

[willvarfar]

The Lloyds List article says that there had been sailings with spooks aboard (including, confusingly, Turkish intelligence agents?).

It did not say that the trip where the ship was seized was one of those sailings.