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🇷🇺 Russia seized a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding it had alerted NATO allies to the incident.

The Liberia-flagged ship Green ire was leaving Sillamae port using a designated navigation channel that crosses Russian territorial waters, the ministry said in a statement.

In a statement published on Sunday, the ministry added that the vessel, the Green ire, was undertaking a navigational route established in a deal between Russia, Estonia and Finland.

The Baltic nation will redirect traffic to and from Sillamea exclusively through Estonian waters to prevent similar incidents in the future, it added.

"Today’s incident shows that Russia continues to behave unpredictably,” Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said. “I have also informed our allies of the event,” he said, referring to other NATO .

Estonian Public Broadcasting (EPB), citing the Transport istration, reported that the Greek tanker was carrying a cargo of shale oil destined for Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It added that such incidents had never occurred before.

Vessels leaving Sillamae usually move through Russian waters to avoid Estonia’s shallows, which can be dangerous for larger tankers, the EPB said.

The incident took place after the Estonian navy on Thursday tried to stop an unflagged tanker that was said to be part of a Russian “shadow fleet” of vessels sailing through Estonian waters. Russia responded by sending a fighter jet to escort the tanker, violating Estonia’s airspace.

The “shadow fleet” is meant to help Moscow maintain its crude oil exports to avoid Western sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine.

A Greek government official said the ship had manoeuvred in Russian waters to avoid shallows and that the Russians had intercepted it and moved it to a safe place to impose a fine.

Shipping data showed the vessel’s operator was Athens-based Aegean Ship Management and one of its key insurers was listed as Norway-based Skuld. The companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The ship was bound for Rotterdam with a load of Estonia's shale oil, the Estonian Transport istration said. The tanker with a maximum capacity of 700,000 barrels, was almost fully laden, LSEG ship tracking data showed.

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Do me and do you... Nice one Russia.

They have seized Russian vessels several times but Russia hasn't responded once. I think Russia has had enough of the bullying.

Imagine tiny countries in the baltic including Finland who used to be friends and cool neighbor insulting and challenging Russia every day just because they were itted into NATO. They've not learn anything from Ukraine misadventure. Their own would be worst off.

Russia will cause WW3.

He's being on the receiving end of seizures which is to force him to end the Ukrainian invasion,now adding this to his baggage...hmmm

WW3 will be fought cow of ego.

it's called Tit for Tat. You do Me, I do You

Anoother War brewring

As the war continues to be unpopular, this guy just loves to seek global attention by force. The world has moved on already. It's putin who will be tired at last, for his continued killings. Only a mad person would be killing his innocent brothers and sisters for no just cause. A peace meeting was convened but you backed off. Na to dey seize ships now com remain. Putin and his boys have turned pirates lol.

His disgrace go pas nebucadnezar own.

Putin will soon get his price.

Whatever he bargains will surely be his price.
We're watching from Africa.

Good one Putin

The international system is a complex machine that pretends to run on rules, but actually runs on fragility and human stubbornness.
Justice without enforcement is like a beautiful theory that collapses under the slightest pressur. It might look good on paper but it fails in practice. Power keeps the game going, but it is never as reliable as those who wield it believe. Why?
Because every dominant player thinks their strength will last forever, until suddenly it doesn’t. Reciprocity is just the system’s way of keeping score. It's not fair nor moral. It's just a method to prevent total chaos. But the weak are not as weak as they seem, and the strong are never as strong as they think. Sooner or later, someone refuses to follow the script. That's what's at play here.

Human nature ensures that no system remains stable for long. The planners and strategists build their models, convinced they can predict outcomes, while history laughs at their arrogance. Real change sometimes comes from the overlooked actor who refuses to back down, the small player who turns asymmetry into advantage. This is because the most dangerous illusion is believing that power is permanent or that justice is anything more than what the powerful can enforce.

Yet somehow, against all logic, people keep fighting for fairness, keep resisting domination, keep surprising those who think they control the game. That’s the truth: systems break, but humanity adapts. The future belongs not to those who enforce order, but to those who survive disorder.

Russia! Russia! Russia! All the time! They're just lucky to have oil and natural gas in excess, otherwise by now they would be crawling economically.

NOETHNICITY:
Good one Putin

Good one Putin,Good one Putin..you will not be there to help Putin when the bombs start raining.anyway sha,Russians don’t even read nairaland.

Nice one
let them have a taste of their own medicine

Czarugo007:
Good one Putin,Good one Putin..you will not be there to help Putin when the bombs start raining.anyway sha,Russians don’t even read nairaland.

Bomb ke. You are funny
Not even America can challenge Russia
I dare them

Czarugo007:
Good one Putin,Good one Putin..you will not be there to help Putin when the bombs start raining.anyway sha,Russians don’t even read nairaland.

Who will be the first to drop the bomb against a nuclear nation. The price is too high

Na their problem we get our own here. APC don seize every form of normal life that ordinary people supposed to enjoy

Czarugo007:
Good one Putin,Good one Putin..you will not be there to help Putin when the bombs start raining.anyway sha,Russians don’t even read nairaland.

Go and rain the bomb now

I wan check something

Good, I honestly love what this guy is doing

Eriokanmi:
As the war continues to be unpopular, this guy just loves to seek global attention by force. The world has moved on already. It's putin who will be tired at last, for his continued killings. Only a mad person would be killing his innocent brothers and sisters for no just cause. A peace meeting was convened but you backed off. Na to dey seize ships now com remain. Putin and his boys have turned pirates lol.

His disgrace go pas nebucadnezar own.

Is that tears ?