Finnish authorities didn't directly point a finger at Russia after an undersea gas pipeline was damaged, but rumors of sabotage by Moscow persist.
Russia has responded to NATO member Finland's claims that damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting the Nordic country and Estonia appears to have been caused by 'external activity.'The news of damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline is disturbing, the Kremlin said.On Tuesday, Finland's President Sauli Niinistö said the damage was due to 'external activity' but that the precise cause is not yet known.
a diver or a small underwater robot; the damage is more massive,' Pevkur said.An Estonian diplomatic official, who spoke with Newsweek on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly, said of the incident and alleged foreign involvement: 'At this moment so little is known that any claim would quite certainly be a wrong one.'The diplomat added it is possible that investigators will never learn the full truth.
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