After the Petersburg International Economic Forum, about a hundred large-scale merchant ships changed their foreign jurisdiction and went under the flag of Russia, declared Vice-Premier Andrei Nikitin. "In the case of the merchant fleet, you and I have, you know, the President [Vladiemir Putin] at the Petersburg International Economic Forum, said that ships should pass under the Russian flag, and the process is under way. ... A few dozen large s…
After the Petersburg International Economic Forum, about a hundred large-scale merchant ships changed their foreign jurisdiction and went under the flag of Russia, declared Vice-Premier Andrei Nikitin. "In the case of the merchant fleet, you and I have, you know, the President [Vladiemir Putin] at the Petersburg International Economic Forum, said that ships should pass under the Russian flag, and the process is under way. ... A few dozen large s…