CORRECTED-Finland detects GPS disturbance near Russia's Kaliningrad

[Uncle Joe]

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]

1. Hopefully, just Seal Team 6 on the way in

NT

[COL Mustard]

6. Chuck Norris

He's roundhouse kicking the satellites as we speak!

[Ray Bruns]

10. Chuck Norris is so tough, he doesn't have a chin. Just another fist under his beard.

[Probatim]

11. Could be Chuck Norris and Steven Segal got too close.

[femmedem]

2. A terrible bind for Finland.

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]

3. ... nothing is that simple.

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]

8. The Russians thought they could annihilate the Finns in WW2. Didn't work out.

[getagrip_already]

4. This happens when pooty travels outside moscow......

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]

5. kick

[mitch96]

7. So he can be tracked by following wonky GPS signals? The metadata will get you every time.nt

[Irish_Dem]

16. Yes, quite possible he is leaving Moscow for some remote bunker.

[IronLionZion]

9. Russia has a history of spoofing GPS signals

they've messed with ships before so might as well mess with planes too

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. K&R

[SheltieLover]

13. Kicking for visibility

[tinrobot]

14. Russia messes with GPS near a bordering state. That nation's planes accidentally cross the border.

Russia claims it has provocation for war.

Not sure if that was the intent, but stranger things have happened.

[Uncle Joe]

15. A couple of interesting coincidental pieces of trivia, Putin's ex wife was born

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 . Her father worked at Kaliningrad Mechanical Plant.

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?