A court in Finland sentenced Russian captain Pitburg to 3.5 years. The District Court in Helsinki sentenced the Russian captain of the vessel "Pitburg" to 3.5 years in prison in the case of alleged damage to submarine cables in the Gulf of Finland, while clarifying that the sentence has not yet entered into legal force. The sailor was convicted together with the captain and sentenced to 2 years and 10 months in prison. The court found that on the morning of December 31, 2025, the vessel "Pitburg" passed through the Gulf of Finland, while dragging the anchor chain and the anchor attached to it along the seabed for several hours, within a distance of about 130 km. Then the anchor was caught on nine communication cables and one gas pipe. As a result, two cables were damaged, the report said. The court papers stated that the prosecution "did not claim that the captain personally gave the direct order to lower the anchor into the water, nor did he claim that the sailor himself took an active part in lowering it." However, the court concluded that "the captain and the navigator could not have been aware that the anchor had been lowered while the ship was moving at sea."

A court in Finland sentenced Russian captain Pitburg to 3.5 years. The District Court in Helsinki sentenced the Russian captain of the vessel "Pitburg" to 3.5 years in prison in the case of alleged damage to submarine cables in the Gulf of Finland, while clarifying that the sentence has not yet entered into legal force. The sailor was convicted together with the captain and sentenced to 2 years and 10 months in prison. The court found that on the morning of December 31, 2025, the vessel "Pitburg" passed through the Gulf of Finland, while dragging the anchor chain and the anchor attached to it along the seabed for several hours, within a distance of about 130 km. Then the anchor was caught on nine communication cables and one gas pipe. As a result, two cables were damaged, the report said. The court papers stated that the prosecution "did not claim that the captain personally gave the direct order to lower the anchor into the water, nor did he claim that the sailor himself took an active part in lowering it." However, the court concluded that "the captain and the navigator could not have been aware that the anchor had been lowered while the ship was moving at sea."