The Group of Seven democracies have sought to crimp Russia’s oil export earnings that help fund the war against Ukraine.

Old tankers are damaging crucial subsea cables using their anchors. Analysts say it's likely deliberate.

"Had it continued for another 12 minutes, the carnage would have been much worse than the four basic cables that were there," Finnish President Alexander Stubb said.

On Christmas Day, authorities in Estonia and Finland noted the sudden interruption of the Estlink 2 undersea electricity cable linking their two nations - just as ship tracking data showed the Cook Islands-registered "Eagle S" passing outbound from Russia’s Baltic coast en route to Egypt.

A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 in NATO's northern theater.

In total, the United States is sanctioning 183 oil-carrying vessels, Russian oil traders and oilfield providers, the two Russian oil majors and more than two dozen of their subsidiaries, according to the Treasury Department.

Explore how Russia's shadow fleet of tankers is circumventing Western sanctions, ensuring continued oil revenue despite international efforts.

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A Finnish court ordered the seizure of an oil tanker suspected of damaging key telecommunications and power cables in the Baltic Sea, the Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported Monday. The vessel, Eagle S,

The investigators have turned up no indication that commercial ships deliberately dragged anchors in the area where the submarine cables lay on Moscow’s instructions, the officials noted

Russia is believed to be behind dozens of hybrid attacks, like arson or sabotage, on NATO soil since the Ukraine war started.

An alleged Russian "shadow fleet" tanker suspected of damaging Baltic Sea cables in December will not face a separate investigation that its cargo violating sanctions imposed on Russian oil, Finnish customs said Thursday.