The vessel under the Turkish flag blocked the road to Russian ships carrying a drilling plant

The vessel under the Turkish flag tried to prevent the movement of drilling rigs of Chernomorneftegaz to the territorial waters of the Russian Federation, according to a press release on the company's website . The incident occurred in the Black Sea.

"On the way of following the caravan of ships with a towed object, an unidentified merchant vessel appeared under the Turkish flag. Acting in violation of international rules for preventing the clash of vessels in the sea and generally accepted norms of naval shipping, the Turkish ship did not give way to the caravan, which goes on the cross course, and made an attempt to stay in the path of its follow, which made the accident created the accident The situation, ”said Chernomorneftegaz.

As the company emphasized in the company, the captain of the Turkish ship "did not enter into radio exchange with escort courts without responding to the challenges." The date of the incident is not specified.

As a result, the ship under the Turkish flag was forced to change the course. The Chernomoreneftegaz reported that the Black Sea Fleet missile boat and the Watchtower of the Russian FSB Border Service helped to achieve this.

The “misunderstanding” of the Watchtower of the FSB of Russia and the Black Sea Fleet missile boat, which forced the ship under the flag of the Turkish Republic, “eliminated” the N-safe direction for the transport caravan. SPBU B-312 was safe, despite the strong storm, delivered to the destination and installed on supports, ”the press release said.

Note that they transported the attitudes “In connection with the complex international situation” and “The risks of the loss of vital assets of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Kazakhstan“ Chernomorneftegaz ”. As noted in the company, the cost of“ two modern drilling rigs of the B-312 and B-319 ”-more than 25 billion rubles. They were withdrawn from the Odessa gas field located in the north-west shelf of Chernaya. The seas are 150 kilometers from the coast of Crimea, and transported to the territorial waters of the Russian Federation.

"The operation was carried out in the shortest possible time, on the instructions of the Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov, in the interaction of the enterprise and units of the FSB of Russia in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, the border control of the FSB in the Republic of Kazakhstan and Sevastopol and the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation," the statement said.

Note that later the FSB refuted the information of Chernomorneftegaz about the incident with the Turkish vessel. The department said that there were no attempts to stop Russian vessels or to prevent them, TASS reports.

"After the Turkish ship was communicated, on the recommendation of the ship of the Black Sea Fleet and in order to ensure the safety of navigation, it changed its course and safely dispersed with the caravan. The distance of the discrepancy was more than 2 naval miles. The Turkish ship did not take attempts to stop the actions of the drilling rig," the FSB press service said.

At the same time, the border service confirmed that the Turkish ship was in the way of the caravan, moving "with a permanent course and speed." "In order to ensure the security of towing, the ship commander began to call a Turet ship in touch. The ship did not get in touch until the attention of pyrotechnic signals attracted attention," the FSB added.

Recall, on the eve of the crew of the WHETHOD Ship of the Russian Navy, "Smaching" had to be fire from rifle weapons to drive away the Turkish seiner in the Aegean Sea to prevent a collision.

The fishing vessel did not respond to attempts to contact it, despite the numerous attempts of the "sweeping". When the Turkish seiner is brought together with the Russian patrol ship at a distance of about 600 meters, in order to prevent the collision of ships, small arms were used in the direction of the Turkish vessel. Shooting was carried out "at a distance of guaranteed disposition", the Ministry of Defense emphasized.

Immediately after this, the Turkish ship sharply changed the course and, without getting in touch with the Russian crew, continued to move past the SK "Empty" at a distance of 540 meters.

The owner of the Turkish seiner said that they did not shoot at his ship. “And even if the fire was open, then no one heard it,” he said, refuting the data that the ship was in dangerous proximity to the “estimated”.

Ankara called the reaction of the Russian ship exaggerated .