Investigators have discovered anchor drag marks along the seabed allegedly caused by the Russian ship’s antics.
The city of Narva, squeezed along Estonia's border with Russia, has been at the center of efforts to resist what it claims are near constant provocations from Moscow — from satellite navigation jamming, to snatched border demarcation buoys, blaring propaganda, surveillance drones and buzzing blimps marked with the 'Z' of Russia's armed forces.
Russia’s connection to the rupture of an undersea cable between Finland and Estonia is raising a new bevy of fears over the sabotage of critical power lines. The new incidents come as tensions
Finland said last week it detained a ship that may be from Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers as part of a probe into a damaged undersea cable.
Finnish officials say Russia's "shadow fleet" is sabotaging vital undersa internet cables.
NATO member Estonia has deployed a naval warship to defend its underwater power cables after a Russian vessel allegedly cut one of the wires in yet another act of sabotage against the allied nations.
Police and media reports say that Finnish authorities have detained a Russia-linked ship as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables.
Estonia said it would set aside €100 million ($103 million) for a new gas-fired power plant to boost energy security after repeated damage to subsea electricity connections.
In heavy snowfall and high winds, around 200 people wearing rain ponchos and fur hoods queued in the Estonian border town of Narva to cross into neighbouring Russia.
Russia may try to seize part of Estonia. The city of Narva, located between Estonia and Russia, could become the place where World War III begins, Politico reports. According to the agency, the city of Narva squeezed along Estonia's border with Russia,
Due to the artificial escalation created by Tallinn, numerous queues formed at the border points with Russia on the eve of the New Year holidays, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a comment.