Tag: Russia

  • Ukraine & NATO Allies Conducting Black Sea Drills

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    July 02: About 3,000 troops from 19 countries are taking part in military drills in the Black Sea, an exercise that has raised concerns in Russia. The 12-day Sea Breeze […]

  • Syria and Lebanon to Discuss Maritime Border

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    June 25: Lebanon seeks Russia’s mediation on its maritime border with Syria. “We have knowledge that Syria wants to demarcate the maritime border with Lebanon, and Russia is present in this […]

  • $70M Worth of Cocaine Seized in St Petersburg Port, Russia

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    June 11: Russian customs officials have seized 400 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipping container transporting canned fish from Ecuador, the Federal Customs Service (FTS) said in a statement Tuesday. The […]

  • Russia Signs Internet Isolation Bill

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    May 01:As reported by Russia’s TASS news agency on Wednesday, “Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the law on providing stable operation of the Russian Internet (Runet) in case it is disconnected from the […]

  • Whale With Harness Believed to be Trained By Russian Military

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    April 29: Marine experts in Norway believe they have stumbled upon a beluga that was trained by the Russian navy as part of a programme to use underwater mammals as […]

  • Russia Attempts to Seize More Control of Northern Sea Route in Arctic

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    According to Russian media, Russia is putting the Northern Sea Route “under its protection”. The government has hammered out rules for the passage of foreign warships through national legislation. US representatives […]

  • Russian anti-piracy moves

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    Recent crew kidnappings focus minds. Russia Offers to Create Under the Aegis of the UN a Structure to Fight Against Maritime Piracy During open debates on the piracy of the sea held […]

  • Germany looks to Baltic Sea

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    Increasing regional tensions see German move. German navy returns to treating the Baltic Sea as a potential theater of war By: Sebastian Sprenger COLOGNE, Germany – The German navy inaugurated its […]

  • Ukraine fires on smugglers

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    Ukraine has taken new measures to increase its maritime security capabilities. Ukrainian Gunboat Fires Shots to Halt Suspected Smugglers On New Year’s Eve, the Ukrainian gunboat Pryluky intercepted a suspected smuggling vessel […]

  • Crimea tensions

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    Tensions have been ongoing for some time. Russia-Ukraine tensions rise after Kerch Strait ship capture Ukraine’s parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law as anger over the […]

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