How Russia Defends Its Baltic Lifeline

Sabotage and satellite navigation jamming are key pieces of Moscow’s arsenal.

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Ekaterina Zolotova
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European authorities are pretty sure someone is deliberately cutting their undersea cables and scrambling ships’ navigation systems in the Baltic Sea, and they are pretty sure Russia is involved. They are probably right. With its war against Ukraine occupying most of Russia’s military resources, and Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO threatening to turn the […]

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Ekaterina Zolotova
Ekaterina Zolotova
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/author/ezolotova/
Ekaterina Zolotova is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. Prior to Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Zolotova participated in several research projects devoted to problems and prospects of Russia’s integration into the world economy. Ms. Zolotova has a specialist degree in international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In addition, Ms. Zolotova studied international trade and international integration processes. Her thesis was on features of economic development of Venezuela. She speaks native Russian and is fluent in English.

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