Russian trawler holding Norwegian inspectors reached Russian waters

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2005

MOSCOW (AFP) — A Russian trawler which took flight with two Norwegian inspectors on board after refusing to obey orders to halt, crossed into Russian waters and was on its way to the northern port of Murmansk, Russian fleet officials said.

The trawler Electron, accompanied by the Russian anti-submarine frigate Admiral Levchenko which joined it at midnight, "crossed into Russian territorial waters at 0328 Moscow time (2328 GMT Tuesday) and are going to Murmansk along the border," the Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said as quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency.

"On the other side of the border, they are trailed by the Norwegian ships in constant communication with the Admiral Levchenko," Dygalo said, adding assurances that "the situation is under control and is not...