ON FEBRUARY 7th the inaugural tournament of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will begin on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. My anticipation is immense. At the Weissenhaus Resort, the world’s top ...

The severing of electricity ties to oil- and gas-rich Russia and switching to European grids is steeped in geopolitical and ...

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the Baltic Sea has been the scene of a string of incidents involving damage to key energy and communications lines. In the latest incident, an undersea ...

Western geostrategic self-deception has overly emphasized fears of escalation and cornering Russia. It would be naïve to assume that the repeated cutting of cables in the Baltic Sea, along with ...

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Jan. 31, 2025 The authorities in Norway have seized a Russian-crewed ship that is suspected of damaging an undersea cable in an act of sabotage in the Baltic Sea, the Norwegian police said on Friday.

MORE: Video 'Ukrainians need more leverage' at the negotiating table with Russia: Michael McCaul The first notable alleged cable sabotage incident in the Baltic Sea occurred in October 2023 ...