OUR European Union designs an underwater installation internet cable to improve communications in Georgia and reduced dependency on lines in transit through Russia, amid growing concerns about data infrastructure vulnerabilities.

The laying of a cable with an estimated cost of 45 million euros and a length of 1,100 kilometers will connect the member states of the European Union with the Caucasus through international waters in Black Sea.

The project aims to reduce “dependence on terrestrial fiber optic communications passing through Russia”, as noted in the European Commission document.

The EU and Georgia have since 2021 recognized the need to lay submarine cables to improve internet connectivity. with the war in Ukraine, which makes such a project urgentgiven “unstable and unreliable connections,” said a person familiar with the proposed plan.

Land stations at which submarine lines terminate are considered vulnerable to eavesdropping, hackers and break-insthat is why these infrastructures are under close surveillance.

Concerns about the security of submarine cables and other maritime infrastructure, and the risk of further sabotage, intensified after multiple explosions at Nord Stream’s subsea pipelines last September. actions that many media associate with the appearance of Russian ships in the area.

Source: Financial Times.