See what happened when journalists filmed suspected Russian spy ship

Russia has a fleet of suspected spy ships operating in Nordic waters as part of a program for the potential sabotage of underwater cables and wind farms in the region, according to a joint investigation by the public broadcasters of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Steve Hall, ex-CIA chief on Russian operations joins CNN to discuss. #CNN #News

[breakdancinfool]

NATO poses no threat to a non-imperial Russia. If Russia stopped acting like everyone's enemy all the time, NATO wouldnt be necessary.

[Maja-Danmark]

2:28 It is Not a reaction to NATO's expansion. It is a reaction to Ukraine not losing the war.

[JetFalcon]

This ship stayed in my country”s coastline (Brazil) for at least 10 days without being discovered. After being located by our Air Force the Brazilian Navy tried to contact it but the vessel did not respond and navigated off the Brazilian coast. In a few days it contacted the Brazilian Navy and requested permission to enter in Rio”s port. Authorisation was granted to the ship, as it isn’t considered an enemy vessel. After some late studies Brazilian authorities found out the Russian ship navigated for days over the fibre optics and communication system in the Atlantic Ocean and perhaps they mapped the Brazilian underwater system of communication. It has happened one or two years ago. 😮

[mr-vet]

If the ships “accidentally’ sink, it’d be a real shame…

[hypsyzygy]

This is the sort of thing German tourists were doing all over Europe in the 1930s. Collecting and making maps, obtaining railway timetables, documenting electricity lines and gas pipelines, sketching pretty views of roads and factories and ports and airfields, watching military parades, and telling aunt Helga and uncle Adolf all about their trip.

[fnersch]

We've been watching Russia look back at us for decades. I remember seeing Russian "trawlers" loaded to the gunwales with radar systems just 12 miles of the coast of our research station near Oxnard, CA in 1977. I was doing telemetry work on the AIM-54C Phoenix air-to-air missile at the time. We were monitoring what they were doing; interesting stuff.

[adventureseeker]

Considering that their AIS have been switched off whilst in everyone else's waters tells you everything you need to know about their intentions.

[richardreynolds]

I was stationed at LORMONSTA Shetland Isles in the US Coast Guard in the mid-70's. A Russian "trawler" had pulled into the Lerwick harbor and some of them came into a pub where I was with a friend of mine overlooking it. The locals were nervous we would fight or something but we bought a round and got on fine. At one point it did get tense when I asked what all the antennas were for. There was a pause and then I volunteered it was to "find the fish?". We all had a good laugh and they were glad to agree. We left shortly after that, though, as there four of them and two of us.

[Garyganeu]

Do not trust them as far as I can see them.

[juligrlee]

Russia must pay in spades for it's criminal war and violations of humanity

[peeweeherman]

Misleading title. So what happened? They were filming the ship and two crewmembers stared at them. Must have been terrifying.

[teebodk]

Any (foreign) ship that turns off AIS transponders should get an immediate call from authorities of the country affected, demanding an explanation and that the transponders are turned back on instantly.

Zig-zagging (or other suspicious activity) near any sort of vital infrastructure should also result in contact from authorities and ships/helicopters/planes (whichever can get there fastest) sent to the site to escort the intruders out, the same way it's done with airborne territorial infringements. The escorts out should be non-confrontational, but strict and not up for debate.

If the Russians want to do "research" at sea, they can do it in their own waters, not near vital infrastructure of other nations.

[willscheck]

for a country who acts as if everyone is against them are they so short sighted to not see the way they act brings it on themselves. the thing they fear most comes upon them.

[lancebon]

Reminds me of the late 60's when I was a merchant seaman. Just past the 12 mile limit of the east coast were Russian fishing trawlers spying on US.
But I was a crew member on a research vessel that was spying on activities in the South Pacific in the late 70's. I remember in port they brought these men aboard that their title was overseers of some research that was testing the waters.

[ericjones]

In the 1970's the cheapest way to get from NZ to Australia was by a Russian cruise ship. There were 2 cruising the Pacific the " Merkail Lermatov" and the "Feydor Shaliarpin" (only approximate spelling) one of which sank in the Marlborough Sound in North of the South lsland a few years later. Wellington was a R & R port for the US coastguard as the last stop before Antartica. There were lots of places, whole decks, which were out of bounds for passengers . They were spy ships for sure.

[Bajso]

Captain: "Theres a boat out there watching our vessel... Igor, go check it out, act inconspicuous."

Igor: "Ok da, I put on mask"

[putter]

In the 50's my was driving touristbuses here in Sweden with east german tourists, as the drivers started talking, they all had the same experience, on every trip there was ONE person that stood out, not taking pictures of the typical attractions, but one could be like snapping photos of only railroad bridges, on another trip one was only taking photos of powerlines and so forth.. the mapping was real already back then... don't know if this ever was reported to the police by the drivers, but he talked about it from time to time during his litetime

[sparky]

So sad that so much money and effort is spent on warfare and defense. Imagine how much better off mankind could be if the world was at peace and the money was spent on helping people in poverty.

[xba]

Ha, I play too much games and I have an avid imagination, but the first thing that comes to mind is the "surveillance ships" deploy underwater drones that install remote controlled devices that can be exploited (or exploded) at a later time. I would try to scan everything and make sure not surprises were left behind there ...

[kinngrimm]

When russia says "accusation are baseless" it seems they usually aren't.
Been saying it before, the EU should have further to the north military outposts to secure their interest there and to control access to their waters.