Russia Calls Ship Inspections “Piracy” and Warns Ireland

Russia has warned Ireland that any attempt to board merchant vessels over alleged sanctions violations would have serious consequences, Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Filatov said.

Ireland recently adopted legislation allowing its military to board ships suspected of violating sanctions against Russia.

“What we are talking about here is Dublin demonstrating its readiness for such actions and, in theory, it could join the pirate actions of their ‘senior comrades’”, Filatov said.

“The Irish side was warned that attempts to carry out such acts of piracy will have the most serious consequences for them”, he added.

(TASS, lud)