Norway seizes Russian ship

Sam Chambers · Splash 247 · 2026-09-03

Norwegian authorities have seized the Russian state-owned Professor Molchanov in Svalbard as Ukraine steps up efforts to recover billions of dollars awarded over assets confiscated by Moscow following its annexation of Crimea. The expedition cruise vessel was arrested at Barentsburg on September 2 following an order from the Nord-Troms District Court, which granted Ukrainian state …

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