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.
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.