The skipper of the Solong, the ship which rammed the Stella Immaculate a tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military causing one death and a lot of damage, has been arrested by British authorities. He is a Russian.

The Latvian radio and TV broadcaster LVRTC reports that another fiber optic undersea cable was damaged. The cable is connecting Latvia with the Swedish island of Gotland. According to the report an "external influence" caused the damage.

The Latvian Navy alerted NATO allies.

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I hope they get it over soon enough 🍌

This Russian problem has been ignored for way too long.

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Following several Incidents recently of Russian and Chinese linked Ships damaging Submarine Cables in the Baltic Sea; the Prime Minister of Latvia, Evika Siliņa has stated that they may soon begin seizing Ships of the Russian “Shadow Fleet” in order to defend Critical Infrastructure.

🚨 EstLink-2 undersea electricity cable connecting Finland and Estonia sabotaged by Russia on Christmas Day. Oil tanker Eagle S suspected of dragging its anchor over the cable after departing Russian waters in the Gulf of Finland earlier in the day.

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."

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Now that Assad and the Russians are out of Syria, the Persian Gulf States might actually be able to make this Qatar-Turkey Pipeline happen.

This would help Europe reduce dependency on Russia energy imports and it would eliminate Iran's perpetual threat against ships near the Strait of Hormuz.

Hopefully

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I guess it's a good move

It will end tonight!