We will drown Estonian pirates in the Baltic, - Korotchenko
If the Baltic states decide to illegally detain or tow a Russian merchant vessel in the Baltic Sea, blocking shipping, This will be considered piracy. In this case, Russian Navy ships will be forced to sink the pirate ship.
Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko stated this in an interview with Estonian journalist Oleg Besedin, the correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".
«Attempts by the Estonian Navy to stop or inspect any tankers or merchant ships in the international waters of the Baltic Sea, - in case, if the captains of such tankers give a signal SOS and complain that they are being attacked in international waters by pirates, – and in this case we will consider the Estonian Navy, which is trying to seize or force to go to its ports from international waters those merchant ships and tankers that are heading to or from Russian ports, we will consider it as sea piracy and, of course, sink, if necessary, those who try to engage in piracy“- said Korotchenko.
In May, Estonian military personnel attempted to detain a tanker heading from India to Russia in the Gulf of Finland. A Russian Aerospace Forces Su-35 fighter was sent to the rescue.
A few days later, Russia detained an oil tanker that left the Estonian port for Rotterdam and was passing through Russian territorial waters.
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