The boat was caught on international waters without an anchor when the event happened. The Coast guard asked it kindly to move into Finnish waters where the police boarded the boat with the border guard giving a chopper ride.
No marine equivalents were actually needed which has the benefit of the apprehension not being a military action which could’ve easily been made escalatory in propaganda.
Ahh shit, I had just assumed that the gulf of Finland was narrow enough that it was all someone’s territorial water, but it isn’t. Thanks for the correction, I will edit a note into my comment
Regarding the marines thing, that was not because I thought Finland actually had used them, more an “if the crew actually did try to fight about it, Finland is quite capable of winning that fight”
The boat was caught on international waters without an anchor when the event happened. The Coast guard asked it kindly to move into Finnish waters where the police boarded the boat with the border guard giving a chopper ride.
No marine equivalents were actually needed which has the benefit of the apprehension not being a military action which could’ve easily been made escalatory in propaganda.
Ahh shit, I had just assumed that the gulf of Finland was narrow enough that it was all someone’s territorial water, but it isn’t. Thanks for the correction, I will edit a note into my comment
Regarding the marines thing, that was not because I thought Finland actually had used them, more an “if the crew actually did try to fight about it, Finland is quite capable of winning that fight”