Tag: Russia
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Russia Says It Has Handed Captured Naval Ships Back to Ukraine
November 18: Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that Moscow had successfully handed three naval ships it captured last year back to Ukraine. Ukraine has been pushing for […]
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Russia Seizes North Korean Vessels in Poaching Clampdown
September 27: Russia detained three North Korean vessels and more than 200 crew on Friday in the second such incident in two weeks as part of a clampdown on poaching […]
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Pirates Release Russian Sailors Kidnapped in Mid-August Off Coast of Douala
September 23: On 23 September 2019, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that suspected pirates had released three Russian sailors whom they had kidnapped in August. The three sailors were released […]
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Related to Illegal Fishing, Russia Detains Two North Korean Vessels After One Opens Fire
September 17: Russian border guards have detained two North Korean boats in Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Japan after one of them attacked a Russian patrol, local media […]
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Russia Continues Monitoring Situation Around Abducted Sailors Off Cameroon Coast
August 22: Russia’s Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the situation surrounding the abduction of Russian sailors from the MarMalaita cargo vessel off Cameroon’s coast, the ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said […]
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Update On White Sea Accident That’s Causing Partial Closure of Dvina Bay
August 12: Further information has become available on the previously reported accident that led to the partial closure of Dvina Bay in the White Sea: The failed missile test that […]
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Dvina Bay in White Sea Partially Closed To Shipping Through Sept 10 Following Fatal Military Accident
August 08: Russian authorities report that a rocket engine exploded at a military testing ground near the village of Nyonoksa in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region. In the immediate aftermath of […]
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Russia Holds Largest Naval Parade in Years, Including a Chinese and an Indian Vessel, The Day After a Crackdown on Anti-Government Protesters
July 28: Russian President Vladimir Putin led Russia’s first major naval parade in years on Sunday, in St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland. The parade, the biggest in years, […]
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Ukraine Seizes Russian Tanker in Black Sea in Response to Flotilla Clash Last Year
July 25: Ukraine seized a Russian tanker anchored in the Black Sea on Thursday, freeing the crew but holding onto the vessel in apparent retaliation for Russia’s capture of Ukrainian […]