Finland has informed Russia about its investigation into the damage on October 7 to the subsea Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland, the Finnish foreign minister said on November 8. Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told a news conference Russia had not asked for Finland's help in investigating the damage to a Russian telecommunications cable that happened the same night. Russian state company Rostelekom on November 7 said a fiber-optic cable linking St. Petersburg and Russia's Kaliningrad exclave was damaged at the same time that a Chinese ship passed over it, and that repairs were now ongoing.
Finland Says Informed Russia About Baltic Gas-Pipeline Probe
The damaged Balticconnector gas pipeline that connects Finland and Estonia is pictured in this undated handout picture in the Baltic Sea.