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finnish investigators concluded the cargo vessel fitburg, flagged in saint vincent and owned through turkish companies with russian ties, damaged undersea telecom cables in estonia's economic zone in december; four individuals are under investigation. the same week an international advisory body published resilience recommendations warning that small island and developing states depend on very few cable systems. an official attribution of cable damage to a named vessel and ownership chain is rare and moves this from suspicion to record.

official investigation, baltic region