Russia to Respond to West’s Attempted Restrictions in Baltic Sea – Putin Aide

You can relax, says Finnish minister after a series of new incidents in Northern Europe. But it doesn't sound like he'll do it himself.

Patrushev pointed out that Western countries are adapting the legal framework to legalize the detention of ships carrying goods for Russia – even in international waters. He emphasized that an example of such action was the attempt to detain the civilian ship *Jaguar*, which was carrying Russian cargo under the Gabonese flag. The vessel was intercepted in the Gulf of Finland by the Estonian Navy with the support of NATO aircraft, but eventually …

Russia to respond to West’s attempted restrictions in Baltic Sea – Putin aide

Western nations are de facto “committing acts of piracy” against vessels linked to Russia, Nikolay Patrushev has saidFILE PHOTO. © Sputnik / Mikhail GolenkovRussia is readying response measures to potential hostile NATO acts in the Baltics, Nikolay Patrushev, a senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has said. The military bloc’s heightened activity in the area increasingly resembles acts of piracy, he told the government’s Maritime Boa…

Russia's activity in the Baltic Sea has increased recently.