MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Estonia’s detention last week of a Russia-bound oil tanker was a provocative action that posed risks to shipping and security in the Baltic Sea.
Zakharova said that Russia would react proportionately to instances of aggression against its vessels.
Estonia seized the Kiwala, which has been under EU sanctions since February as part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”, a term Western countries use for ships they say Moscow deploys to circumvent international sanctions. The ships are typically not regulated or insured by conventional Western providers.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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