Kremlin Aide Warns Russia May Deploy Navy Over European Ship Seizures
Kremlin aide Patrushev warns of permanent naval forces to deter Western seizures of Russian merchant ships amid over 600 vessels sanctioned by the EU, UK, and US.
- In Moscow on Feb 17, Nikolai Patrushev, a Kremlin aide, warned Russia could deploy its navy and retaliate against European ships, saying, 'By implementing their naval blockade plans, the Europeans are deliberately pursuing a scenario of military escalation, testing the limits of our patience and provoking active retaliatory measures.'
- Western states have sought to cripple Russia's economy with sanctions and in recent months tried to block oil tankers, including a United States seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker earlier this year.
- Nikolai Patrushev, chairman of Russia's Maritime Board and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, singled out Britain, France and Baltic states for a tough response and said Russia's navies are undergoing radical modernisation with a shipbuilding programme to 2050 due soon.
- Positioning warships near merchant lanes aims to guarantee safe navigation and deter interceptions, suggesting increased naval tension across the Atlantic and major shipping corridors while protecting the Russian merchant fleet from European or North American powers.
- Since the war began, Moscow says diplomatic channels are insufficient and more than 30,000 sanctions have pushed Russia toward a riskier naval posture to protect broader shipping corridors.
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One of Vladimir Putin's closest allies has told Britain to back off or face the consequences at sea. The warning, directed squarely at London, Paris, and the Baltic states, represents the most explicit Russian threat of naval confrontation with Europe since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began nearly four years ago. Nikolai Patrushev, a former FSB director who now chairs Russia's Maritime Board, accused Western nations of 'piracy-like attack…
The fixing of tankers of the so-called Russian shadow fleet has been annoyed by Moscow for a long time. Now the Kremlin openly threatens to use the Navy to protect merchant ships.
Russia is threatening to deploy its navy to protect oil tankers from the shadow fleet from European "piracy", writes The Guardian. "If this situation cannot be resolved peacefully, the navy will break any blockade and eliminate it," says official Nikolai Patrushev.
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