Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.22 billion Ukrainian compensation claim

Norway ​has seized a Russian ship in the Arctic to enforce a $4.22 billion compensation claim won by Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz over Moscow's seizure of its assets when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, officials said late on Wednesday. The vessel, the Professor Molchanov, was seized off the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, according to Covington, the US law firm representing ​Naftogaz. Read moreBelgium, France seize Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in the North Sea The Russian state ‌news agency TASS quoted a foreign ministry spokesperson as saying the Norwegian action was "piracy". The Svalbard governor's office issued a statement confirming that ⁠the ship had been seized and would be held on Svalbard, adding: "The governor will take care of the crew and passengers on board the vessel in collaboration with Trust Arktikugol". Putin threatens to seize European ships To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 04:07 Russian ship to be held in Svalba...