Putin threatens to seize Western ships
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Wednesday to seize ships belonging to Western countries. This in response to plans to sell the cargo seized from Russian ships in the so-called “shadow fleet”.
Several European companies have stopped ships carrying Russian oil in violation of European sanctions.
New sanctions adopted last month allow EU countries to sell oil – a major source of income for Russia – or other cargo seized from the ships.
Putin has called the measures “piracy”.
“We will be forced to respond in kind,” Putin said aboard a cruiser off Sakhalin Island, where the Russian navy was conducting military exercises.
Moscow will act “wherever we deem it necessary and appropriate – anywhere,” he added.
Documents from a Swedish court seen by AFP earlier in August showed that Stockholm will hand over a seized Russian ship to Kiev, suspected of carrying grain from occupied Ukraine.
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