Lesya Leshchenko14:03, 12.08.26
According to him, this is a violation of international maritime law.
Putin has announced his intention to “respond in kind” to attempts to block Russian merchant ships, Russian propaganda media outlets, including TASS , reported .
According to him, such actions violate international maritime law, and Moscow will respond to any seizure of its fleet, particularly in the Pacific Ocean.
“I would like to draw attention to the decisions of the European Union that were adopted recently. We see that the authorities of some countries, violating international maritime law, are trying to restrict the movement of vessels of our economic operators… And if this begins to be implemented in practice, we will be forced to respond in kind. And not necessarily in those water areas where raids on our ships and vessels are planned. But where we ourselves consider it necessary and expedient. In any place. Including in the area of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet,” Putin said.
(c)UNIAN 2026
What a privledge to be able to pick and choose which international law you support, and which you choose to ignore, astonishing logic!
..and “such actions violate international maritime law, Orcville will respond to any seizure of its fleet” – international law, but they are enforcing it, who gave them the jurisdiction?
So he’s threatening the EU, especially if they arrest ships in the Pacific????
Obviously he’s not worried about stopping EU ships in Europe because nobody is trading with the Filth anymore, but stopping their ships from going to China would be a problem. It is interesting to watch the #1 violator of international law, whine about supposed violations of international laws…
You know whaen mafia land start complaining about international law, Ukraine are doing something right.