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A new Russian research ship, believed to be used for espionage, sailed along the Dutch coast on Wednesday. Shortly after entering the North Sea, the Yevgeny Gorigledzhan switched off its AIS transmitter, causing the ship to disappear from radar.
The Yevgeny Gorigledzhan (also called Evgeniy Gorigledzhan) is an oceanographic vessel, formally designed for bottom surveys and underwater work. However, it is part of the Russian secret military program GUGI, which was set up during the Cold War to keep an eye on the enemy. Ships from the military program have previously been linked to espionage activities near undersea data cables.
The Yevgeny Gorigledzhan appeared last Saturday, October 14, in the Baltic Sea, near Germany, according to data from MarineTraffic. It probably departed shortly before from the port of Kaliningrad, where the vessel was built in the Yantar shipyard. Drawings and photos of the ship show that it is equipped with at least two mini-submarines and radar equipment. It also has the ability to deploy underwater drones…
