Finland suspects Russian vessel of territorial violation

Finland suspects a Russian vessel violated the Nordic country's territorial waters on Friday, the government said, in the latest incident to cloud relations between the two countries, Report informs via Reuters.

The government said Friday's incident took place in the eastern Gulf of Finland.

"The Border Guard is investigating the incident and will provide further information as the investigation progresses," the Finnish defense ministry said in a statement.

Finnish daily Helsingin Sanomat quoted border guard chief investigator Petter Stauffer as saying the ship was a seabed exploration vessel operating under the Russian navy's Baltic Sea fleet.

Stauffer told the newspaper that the ship was escorted out of the area by a Finnish border guard vessel and that the incident lasted around seven minutes.

The Finnish defense ministry and the border guard agency did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for further comment.