Norway seizes Russian ship over Naftogaz award, the company says
Naftogaz said the move helps enforce a $4.22 billion Hague award for assets seized in Crimea, as Russia appeals the process.
- On Wednesday, Norwegian authorities seized the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov in Barentsburg, Svalbard, at Naftogaz's request to enforce a $4.22 billion Hague tribunal award for assets seized in Crimea.
- The Nord-Troms and Senja District Court issued the seizure order on August 31, clearing the legal path for detention as part of Naftogaz's global strategy to force Russia to pay for assets unlawfully taken during the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
- Svalbard Governor Lars Fause has been ordered to prevent the vessel from leaving Barentsburg and to care for the crew in collaboration with Trust Arcticugol, a Russian state-owned enterprise managing operations in the archipelago.
- Norway's action follows a spike in European efforts to intercept Russian-linked vessels, with recent seizures by France, the United Kingdom, and Sweden signaling growing willingness to enforce international law through asset seizure.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on August 12 to "respond in kind" if European countries seize Russian commercial vessels, underscoring heightened retaliation risks following the Professor Molchanov detention.
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Norway has detained a Russian cruise ship in the Arctic at the request of Ukrainian state energy group Naftogaz to recover seized assets, the company said on Wednesday.
Norway has detained a Russian cruise ship in the Arctic at the request of Ukrainian state energy group Naftogaz to recover seized assets, the company said on Wednesday.
Norwegian authorities have seized the Russian passenger ship Professor Molchanov on the Arctic island of Svalbard. This was at the request of the Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz, according to a statement from the latter, which was confirmed by the police to the press. The $4.22 billion award The measure is intended to implement an arbitration decision that obliged Moscow to pay $4.22 billion for the “illegal seizure” of assets of the Ukr…
With the »Professor Molchanov« tourists usually roam through icy waters. Now, however, the Russian ship was fixed in Spitsbergen. This should not arrive at all well in Moscow.
A Norwegian court has ordered the seizure of a Russian ship at the request of a Ukrainian state-owned company, to secure payment of a Russian debt over the annexation of Crimea. The post Ukraine: Russian ship seized in Norway at Kiev's request appeared first on in.gr.
Norway has seized a Russian cruise ship in the Arctic at the instigation of the state-owned Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz.
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