Finnish authorities seized an oil tanker on Thursday, claiming it was involved in cutting vital undersea cables and that the ship might have been part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” aimed at evading Western sanctions. The investigation comes as a number of other undersea cables have been cut in recent months. Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to The World’s Joshua Coe, who has recently reported on Russia’s shadow fleet. He joined the show from Denmark.
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