I’m a little ripped at the moment, is this saying that Russia is (allegedly) damaging these cables knowing that they’ll be really hard to repair due to international legal issues making insurance policies ineffective because of the risk that the repair ships could be attacked (again by Russia?) and insurance wouldn’t cover that so the people responsible for maintaining the cables are basically stuck?
That particular comment doesn’t really enter into the “why” of Russia’s behavior, it’s just talking about the difficulties of repairing these cables in war-like conditions.
Those conditions don’t really exist presently. Russia is not “at war” with Finland and some sneaky cable cutting is not the same game as sinking merchant / civilian ships. I also feel certain that Finland would be happy to underwrite the risk to the repair company, and provide naval support while the repair was conducted.
I’m a little ripped at the moment, is this saying that Russia is (allegedly) damaging these cables knowing that they’ll be really hard to repair due to international legal issues making insurance policies ineffective because of the risk that the repair ships could be attacked (again by Russia?) and insurance wouldn’t cover that so the people responsible for maintaining the cables are basically stuck?
Not really.
That particular comment doesn’t really enter into the “why” of Russia’s behavior, it’s just talking about the difficulties of repairing these cables in war-like conditions.
Those conditions don’t really exist presently. Russia is not “at war” with Finland and some sneaky cable cutting is not the same game as sinking merchant / civilian ships. I also feel certain that Finland would be happy to underwrite the risk to the repair company, and provide naval support while the repair was conducted.
Keep fooling yourself.