Russian Embassy: The captain of the detained Tagor tanker is a Russian

According to preliminary information, the captain of the tanker Tagore, who was detained by the French Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, is a Russian citizen. This was announced on June 1 at the Russian Embassy in Paris.

"The captain of the captured <... The owner of the Tagor tanker is a Russian citizen," the foreign ministry said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to available information, the ship was sailing from Murmansk. Currently, diplomats are clarifying the details of the incident and the circumstances of the sailor's detention."Газета.Ru ".

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Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that they had managed to severely damage this ship in Novorossiysk.

On the same day, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the French Navy, with the support of Great Britain, had seized the Tagore tanker in the Atlantic Ocean, which was allegedly coming from Russia. According to the Marine Traffic monitoring service, the tanker was sailing under the flag of Madagascar.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 1 that the seizure of the Tagore tanker by the French Navy in Atlantic waters was international piracy. He also recalled that Russia is already taking measures to ensure the safety of cargo on tankers that Western countries are trying to seize.