As the Russian daily Izvestia reported yesterday according to TASS, political scientist Maxim Reva said that the EstLink 2 incident looks extremely strange. “The suggestion that the tanker deliberately plowed an anchor into the seabed to ensure that the cable was destroyed does not stand up to scrutiny either: anchors are designed to hold a ship in place. The cable is also not just lying on the seabed—it has strong protection, which, as I understand, was reinforced after the January failure. Destroying it would require a special operation involving qualified underwater specialists,” the expert said.
In his opinion, this is a provocation with a double purpose. First, it is a pretext to intensify the fight against the Russian “shadow fleet.” Second, it is part of an escalation strategy aimed at blocking possible peace initiatives by the new U.S. President Donald Trump.
