US EditionKremlin Threatens NATO with War over Seizures of Russian 'Shadow Fleet' Tankers in Baltic Sea
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Kremlin threatens NATO with war over seizures of Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers in Baltic Sea
A top aide to President Vladimir Putin, Nikolai Patrushev, threatened military measures if NATO countries block Russian tankers in the Baltic Sea, saying the Russian Navy would “break” any such blockade. “If we don’t give them a tough response, then soon the British, French and even the Baltics will become so brazen that they will try to completely block our country’s access to the seas, at least in the Atlantic basin,” said Patrushev, who also …
Russian leader Vladimir Putin's adviser Nikolai Patrushev said that if NATO countries create a blockade of Russian vessels in the Baltic Sea, Russia will resort to breaking such a blockade and destroying the NATO navy if diplomacy fails. He said this in an interview with the Argumenty i fakty website. He was reacting to the detention of Russian shadow fleet vessels, which were previously detained in the Baltic by, for example, Finland or Estonia.
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