CORRECTED-Finland detects GPS disturbance near Russia's Kaliningrad
Source: Yahoo Finance
(Corrects paragraph 11 to say 18 flights between Helsinki and Savonlinna, not from Helsinki to Savonlinna)
HELSINKI, March 9 (Reuters) - Finnair said on Wednesday it had noticed interference with its planes' GPS signals near Russia's Kaliningrad enclave, while other aircraft reported similar problems near Finland's eastern border with Russia since Sunday, Finnish authorities said.
The interference began soon after Finland's President Sauli Niinisto met U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Washington on Saturday to discuss deepening defence ties between Finland and NATO due to Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Prime Minister Sanna Marin told Reuters on Wednesday she had no information about the source of the disturbances, nor about whether they originated in Russia, while the Foreign ministry said it was looking into the events.
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The Kremlin did not immediately reply to a request for comment about the reported interference.
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Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/finland-detects-gps-disturbance-near-162624962.html
Get Me Outta Here
(97 posts)NT
COL Mustard
(8,191 posts)He's roundhouse kicking the satellites as we speak!
Ray Bruns
(6,323 posts)
Probatim
(3,279 posts)femmedem
(8,560 posts)Like Ukraine, NATO would be their strongest protection if they were members. Also like Ukraine, they could be annihilated before joining, and NATO would apparently wring its collective hands, supply aid but ultimately let it happen.
TomWilm
(1,963 posts)Turkey has several times asked NATO for article five protection after attacks from Syria, without getting it. It is not that automated a process, and no NATO country is actually obligated to go to war for the others safety. This was by demand from the United States, when the treaty was written.
oldsoftie
(13,538 posts)getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)It's been reported before. His security forces don't like gps operating when he is is an area.
Maybe pooty is hiding out near there?
Baitball Blogger
(52,296 posts)mitch96
(15,797 posts)Irish_Dem
(81,118 posts)IronLionZion
(51,205 posts)they've messed with ships before so might as well mess with planes too
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(135,443 posts)SheltieLover
(80,213 posts)tinrobot
(12,052 posts)Russia claims it has provocation for war.
Not sure if that was the intent, but stranger things have happened.
Uncle Joe
(65,064 posts)in Kalingrad and they got divorced within a few months of his first invasion against Ukraine.
Also she had a role in opposing Russian language reform, and I have read other articles speculating as to why the letter Z is on Russian invasion vehicles as it's not in the Russian alphabet.
Early life and education
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Lyudmila was born in Kaliningrad, Soviet Union, the daughter of Alexander (his patronym is reported variously as either Abramovich[2][3][4] or Avramovich) Shkrebnev (Александр Абрамович Шкребнев or Александр Аврамович Шкребнев and Yekaterina Tikhonovna Shkrebneva (Екатерина Тихоновна Шкребнева
She was educated as a linguist.[5] In 1986, Lyudmila graduated from the branch of Spanish language and philology of the Department of Philology of Leningrad State University.[6]
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Role in spelling controversy
As First Lady, Lyudmila Putina was a curator of a fund that aimed to develop the Russian language and sometimes produced statements concerning Russian language and education. Her preference for "maintaining and preserving"[20] the Russian language led her to make public statements against orthographic reform. The Russian Academy of Science sponsored a commission to study the orthography of the Russian language and propose changes. Their recommendations were made public in 2002 after eight years of work, but were subsequently rejected by Putina, who used Russia's burgeoning economy as one of her reasons why the orthographic reform was not just unnecessary but untimely. However, although one newspaper in Moscow alleged that "Lyudmila Putin de facto cancelled any attempts to reform spelling," the fact remains that public and academic reaction to the reforms was sufficiently negative to have that particular reform attempt abandoned.[21]
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On 6 June 2013, she and Putin publicly announced the termination of their marriage based on a mutual decision.[22] The divorce announcement was made on camera for the Russian news media at the State Kremlin Palace during the intermission of a performance by the Kremlin Ballet, ending years of speculation about their relationship. In April 2014, the Kremlin confirmed that their divorce had been finalized.[23][24]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Putina
It makes me wonder if Putin's ex has any family in Ukraine or if she privately opposed the first invasion?