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Putin threatens retaliatory seizures of European ships

Vladimir Putin threatened to seize European ships in response to the interception and seizure of Russian vessels presumed to be part of Moscow's 'shadow fleet'.

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00:01Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to seize ships belonging to European countries
00:07in retaliation for plans to intercept and seize Russian vessels
00:11suspected of being part of Moscow's so-called shadow fleet.
00:15New sanctions passed last month now permit EU members to sell the oil
00:20or any other cargo seized from these vessels.
00:23Putin slammed the move, calling it piracy.
00:30Those who are forced to制 our economic party,
00:36the EU in our economic way,
00:40and recently, they were concerned about the possibility of
00:45trying to steal our livestock and sell our GDP prices.
00:50Hopefully, it is not something else that is piracy and war.
00:55and if this will begin to be done in practice, we will be forced to answer the question.
01:02Several European countries have intercepted ships that were carrying Russian oil or other cargo.
01:08These vessels are often old and in poor condition and are used to circumvent Western sanctions on Russia.
01:15One of such vessels seized was a Russian ship suspected of transporting grain from occupied Ukraine.
01:21Swedish court documents showed Stockholm will transfer the ship to Kyiv.
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