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The fact that the ship was under the Turkish flag tried to prevent the movement of drilling rigs “Chernomorneftegaz” in the Black Sea, it said in a statement the company published on Monday.
«When moving [rig] jack-up B-312 on the route of the caravan vessels towed object appeared unidentified merchant ship under the Turkish flag. Acting in violation of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea and the accepted norms of maritime navigation, the Turkish ship is not to give way to the caravan, marching cross course and attempted to stop en route, than deliberately created an emergency situation. In the radio to ships escort the captain of the Turkish ship did not enter, not responding to the challenges, “- said in a statement” Chornomornaftohaz ».
It adds that” misunderstanding “eliminated gunboat Federal Border Guard Service of Russia and the missile boat Black Sea Navy, which “forced the ship under the flag of the Republic of Turkey to change course in the safe for transport caravan direction».
The “Chernomorneftegaz” clarified that the incident occurred while the two drilling rigs – the B-312 and B -319 moved from Odessa gas field, located in the north-western shelf of the Black Sea, 150 km from the coast, in the territorial waters of Russia. The date of the incident in the company did not specify.
Move platform in the territorial waters of Russia, it was decided “in connection with the complex international situation, the risk of loss of vital assets SUE” RK “Chernomorneftegaz” – the company said.
The day before the incident with the Turkish and Russian vessels occurred in the Aegean Sea. As reported by the Ministry of Defense, the Russian patrol ship “Sharp-witted”, is 22 km from the island of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea, in the morning on December 13 opened warning fire to avoid a collision with the Turkish seiner.
The military department specified that the seiner close the Russian ship for 1 km, the crew did not come out on the radio contact with the Russian sailors and did not respond to visual cues. After the Turkish ship approached the “sharpness” to less than 600 m, the Russian ship has applied small arms “at a distance of guaranteed unaffected” while moving seiner to avoid a collision.
After that, the Defense Ministry summoned the military attache at the Embassy of Turkey and warned of the possible consequences of actions of Ankara.
In the evening on Sunday, Turkish sailors told his version of what happened. The owner of the Turkish seiner told CNN Turk, that at the time of the incident his ship is 2 km from the Russian ship. Captain seiner named Muzaffar said that the ship passed along its route and crew “did not even know that a Russian ship.” “We felt that it was a ship of NATO. Around 8:30 we walked past him. We did not hear the shots, “- he was quoted as saying edition Hurriyet.
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