Moscow accused NATO of "blocking" Russian ports

Russia complains about the West using "terrorist methods", including the attack on a Russian ship in the Mediterranean Sea and the detention of the Eagle S vessel in the Baltic Sea.

Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said that NATO's actions in the Baltic Sea are aimed at blocking Russia and paralyzing the operation of ports in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions of the Russian Federation. This was reported by Russian media on Thursday, February 6.

He said the Alliance was coordinating these moves with “Anglo-Saxon countries” in the Gulf of Finland. He also accused the West of using “terrorist methods,” including attacking and seizing a Russian ship in the Mediterranean. Eagle S in the Baltic Sea.

"It should be noted that the actions of the North Atlantic Alliance, coordinated by the Anglo-Saxons in the Baltic, in the Gulf of Finland are attempts to blockade Russia, in particular with the aim of paralyzing the work of our ports in the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions," Patrushev said.

He complains that such actions “undermine the security” of maritime transport and the global merchant shipping system.

The statement was made at a meeting on the safety of sea and river navigation in Nizhny Novgorod, which was held on behalf of Vladimir Putin.