According to the president, Russia’s contribution has not been verified. According to Stubb, the Wall Street Journal has had other “interesting news” recently.
President Alexander Stubb is suspicious of last week’s news from the US newspaper Wall Street Journal, according to which Russian intelligence urged the captain of a Chinese ship to cut communication cables in the Baltic Sea in November.
Last month, the Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 is suspected of damaging the undersea cables between Finland and Germany and Sweden and Lithuania by pulling its anchor on the seabed. According to the WSJ, Western researchers believe that Russian intelligence prompted the ship’s captain to do this.
Stubb commented on the issue on Tuesday in Tallinn at a press conference after the JEF (Joint Expeditionary Force) leaders’ meeting.
– It is terribly difficult, at least based on the information I have, to share the Wall Street Journal’s interpretation of what happened, Stubb told Finnish media.
– We are still focusing on finding out what happened. Currently, discussions are held through the Chinese, Danes, Swedes and others. But at least at this stage, we can’t verify that part of Russia in any way.
Stubb also said the Wall Street Journal has had other “interesting news” recently.
– Among other things, whether they visited Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump conversations. That too has not been verified.
The president stated that the flood of information is huge.
– Sometimes the information is correct and sometimes it is wrong.