Latvian leader floats closure of Baltic to Russian ships after pipeline incident

NATO may have to consider closing the Baltic Sea to Russian shipping if Moscow is found to have been behind a suspected subsea attack on the Balticconnector gas pipeline, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said Oct. 20, as the alliance stepped up Baltic naval patrols. European gas prices spiked earlier in October following the discovery of the damage to the Balticconector,… NATO may have to consider closing the Baltic Sea to Russian shipping if Moscow is found to have been behind a suspected subsea attack on the Balticconnector gas pipeline, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said Oct. 20, as the alliance stepped up Baltic naval patrols. European gas prices spiked earlier in October following the discovery of the damage to the Balticconector,… Read More