A Russian cargo ship has been captured in the English Channel, slamming defeat on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“France intercepted and detained a Russian cargo ship in the English Channel in the early hours of Saturday morning, amid increasing tension between the West and Russia,” reports Breitbart News.
“A 127-metre long ship flying the Russian flag named ‘Baltic Leader’ was diverted by French border officials at around 2 am on Saturday morning as they were patrolling for illegal boat migrants in the English Channel off the coast of the Calais region,” reports Breitbart News.
“Véronique Magnin, a spokeswoman for France’s Maritime Prefect office, told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the boat was ‘strongly suspected of being linked to Russian interests targeted by sanctions,'” reports Breitbart News.\
“The embassy received an emergency call from the captain of a Russian bulk carrier, in which he reported the detention of the ship by the French authorities in the English Channel,” the embassy reported.
Despite tough talk over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is squabbling internally over whether to include luxury goods and diamonds in sanctions, while there is reluctance on all sides to restrict energy imports. https://t.co/PorsvKcVSg
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