The Helsinki police department say the vessel, which was boarded on Thursday, was moved to inner anchorage near Porvoo as a better place to carry out an investigation.
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00:00Authorities in Finland have moved an impounded Russia-linked tanker closer to port after
00:07seizing control of the vessel earlier this week.
00:10The Eagle S is suspected of damaging the Estlink 2 power cable, which runs under the Baltic
00:16Sea by dragging its anchor along the seabed.
00:19The cable, which takes electricity from Finland to Estonia, went down on Wednesday, but there
00:24was little impact to services.
00:26The Helsinki Police Department say the vessel, which was boarded on Thursday, was moved to
00:31inner anchorage near Porvoo as a better place to carry out an investigation.
00:36The Eagle S has been described by officials as being part of Russia's shadow fleet of
00:41tankers shipping oil and gas in defiance of international sanctions.
00:47Countries in the region have been on alert following a string of incidents involving
00:50damage to undersea cables and gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea since 2022.