<span fr-original-class="customBullet" fr-original-style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 12px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block;" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 12px; vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; box-sizing: border-box;">•&nbsp; Fearing Russian sabotage:&nbsp;A day after the Finnish authorities seized an oil tanker suspected of severing vital undersea cables, NATO said on Friday that it would step up security in northern seas and the European Union threatened new sanctions against Russia amid growing concern about a covert campaign to sabotage European infrastructure.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Important note: The authorities said the tanker might be part of Russia’s "shadow fleet," which President Putin has used to circumvent Western-imposed sanctions on Russian oil exports and to conduct acts of sabotage.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zoom out:&nbsp;The five cables, including a cable that carries power from Finland to Estonia, as well as four other cables carrying data were damaged before the tanker was seized on Thursday. An analyst said the use of such tankers to intentionally sabotage European infrastructure would be an unusual escalation by Russia.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Looking ahead:&nbsp;Officials from Estonia, which launched naval patrols after the incident, and Finland have both asked for increased NATO presence in the area.</li></ul>

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