Russia threatens to deploy navy to protect vessels from ‘western piracy’
by Pjotr Sauer from on (#73MAY)
Official says blockade on shadow fleet' would be illegal, and raises prospect of retaliation against European vessels
A senior Russian official has said Moscow could deploy its navy to protect Russian-linked vessels from potential European seizures, raising the prospect of retaliatory action against European shipping as pressure on the Kremlin's so-called shadow fleet intensifies.
Nikolai Patrushev, a former FSB director who heads Russia's maritime board, said on Tuesday that the country's navy should be ready to counter what he described as western piracy".
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