Finland says ‘state actor’ not ruled out in mystery of damaged Baltic gas pipeline
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6FGNT)
Nato ministers to be briefed on Balticconnector closure, as Finnish officials say Russia is now treating their country as hostile'
Finland has said it cannot exclude the possibility that a state actor" was behind damage to a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea, amid what its national security intelligence service called significantly deteriorated" relations with Russia.
Nato defence ministers were due to be briefed at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday on the damage to the Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia as well as the parallel Estlink telecommunications cable, officials said.
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