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The SF called Scholz's accusations against Russia of cable damage in the Baltic a nonsense

Senator Dzhabarov: Scholz's accusations of cable tampering are nonsense
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's accusations against Russia that it was allegedly involved in the breakage of the Latvian State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC) submarine cable in the Baltic Sea are nonsense. Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, told Izvestia on November 28.

Scholz made the corresponding statement earlier in the day at a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. He said the recent damage to an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea "shows the threat posed by the Russian shadow fleet," Welt reported.

"We have nothing else to do - to ride a motorboat in the Baltic Sea and cut various communications. Well, this is what the man has come to! Under his nose his closest allies, the Americans, blew up the Nord Stream, which was of crucial strategic importance for Germany and other European countries - it's normal, he is silent. And the fact that somewhere something broke a cable by some ship, they begin to believe that Russia is to blame for everything," Dzhabarov commented.

He also added that he understands what Scholz is getting at. According to the senator, Western politicians would like to make the Baltic Sea internal for Germany and northern Europe. However, he emphasized, this will never happen.

In addition, the politician recalled that it was Germany that was more often than other states that turned out to be dangerous, organizing genocide. Therefore, concluded the interlocutor of the publication, the FRG against this background should remain silent, and not accuse other countries of aggression.

The underwater fiber-optic cable between Latvia and Sweden was damaged on January 26 in the Baltic Sea. It is noted that the company's monitoring systems recorded interruptions in data transmission on the section between Latvian Ventspils and Swedish Gotland.

Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silinja said that probably the submarine cable between was damaged by external impact. She said authorities are involving other Baltic Sea countries to solve the problem, as the damage was found in Sweden's economic zone.

The Swedish prosecutor's office then launched an investigation and detained the vessel, which is accused of sabotage after the breakage of the Latvian State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC) submarine cable in the Baltic Sea.

At the same time, the Washington Post reported on January 19, citing sources, that U.S. intelligence and other Western countries had found no evidence of Russia's alleged involvement in other cable failures in the Baltic Sea.

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