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Russian trawler holding Norwegian inspectors
reached Russian waters
AFP ^ | Oct. 19
Posted on 10/19/2005 9:22:06 AM PDT by george76
A Russian trawler which took flight with two Norwegian inspectors on
board after refusing to obey orders to halt, crossed into Russian
waters and was on its way to the northern port of Murmansk, Russian
fleet officials said.
The trawler Electron, accompanied by the Russian anti-submarine
frigate Admiral Levchenko which joined it at midnight, "crossed into
Russian territorial waters and are going to Murmansk along the
border," the Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said as quoted by
the ITAR-TASS news agency.
On the other side of the border, they are trailed by the Norwegian
ships in constant communication with the Admiral Levchenko," Dygalo
said, adding assurances that "the situation is under control and is not
conflictual."
The Electron took off with two Norwegian inspectors, who had stopped
the vessel to investigate it for illegal fishing in the Barents Sea, on
Saturday, and had been fleeing the Norwegian coast guard since then.
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Well now, that's interesting granny.
Now, that's not nice.
Thank you for the link, Granny. There seems to be a power play over the fishing rights.