A court in Finland sentenced the crew of the dry cargo ship "Pitburg" to prison for Azerbaijani and Russian. The district court in Helsinki sentenced the captain of the ship "Pittburg", Russian citizen Andrey Maksimenko, to 3.5 years in prison, as well as the cargo ship's sailor, citizen of Azerbaijan Vasal Majidov, to 2 years and 10 months in prison. The case dealt with damage to cables in the Gulf of Finland in December 2025. According to investigators, the freighter Pitburg dragged a broken anchor along the seabed in the Gulf of Finland for at least 130 kilometers until Finnish authorities stopped the ship. The court found Magidov and Maksimenko guilty of causing serious damage and ordered their immediate arrest. Also, the court required the defendants to jointly reimburse the costs of repairing the cables and the gas pipe as well as the costs of investigating the damage. Both defendants declared their innocence to reporters before the trial. The verdict has not yet entered into legal force. An appeal can be submitted until December 7. The attorney for the Pittsburgh shipping company Herman Ljungberg said Finland has no jurisdiction to investigate these allegations.

A court in Finland sentenced the crew of the dry cargo ship "Pitburg" to prison for Azerbaijani and Russian. The district court in Helsinki sentenced the captain of the ship "Pittburg", Russian citizen Andrey Maksimenko, to 3.5 years in prison, as well as the cargo ship's sailor, citizen of Azerbaijan Vasal Majidov, to 2 years and 10 months in prison. The case dealt with damage to cables in the Gulf of Finland in December 2025. According to investigators, the freighter Pitburg dragged a broken anchor along the seabed in the Gulf of Finland for at least 130 kilometers until Finnish authorities stopped the ship. The court found Magidov and Maksimenko guilty of causing serious damage and ordered their immediate arrest. Also, the court required the defendants to jointly reimburse the costs of repairing the cables and the gas pipe as well as the costs of investigating the damage. Both defendants declared their innocence to reporters before the trial. The verdict has not yet entered into legal force. An appeal can be submitted until December 7. The attorney for the Pittsburgh shipping company Herman Ljungberg said Finland has no jurisdiction to investigate these allegations.