Finnish court jails Russian captain of Fitburg for damaging underwater cables

Ukrainska Pravda5 November 2026, 10:29 UTCFinland

Helsinki court sentenced Russian captain Andrei Maksimenko to three and a half years in prison and boatswain Vusal Majidov to nearly three for dragging an anchor and cutting cables.

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