# Finland court jails Fitburg captain and crew member over Baltic cable sabotage

https://mins.news/en/item/130433

- DW, 2026-11-05 10:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/finland-court-jails-captain-and-crew-member-over-baltic-cable-sabotage/a-79862519?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> A Helsinki court convicted the Russian captain of the Fitburg and an Azerbaijani senior crew member of aggravated criminal damage for deliberately dragging the ship’s anchor about 130 kilometers and damaging two undersea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland. The captain received three and a half years in prison, and the crew member two years and 10 months. They must jointly pay about €1.9 million in damages. Both denied wrongdoing and challenged Finland’s jurisdiction.

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