AMSTERDAM: NATO chief Mark Rutte mocked Russia on Monday over the “limping” condition of one of its submarines as Russian authorities denied it had been forced to surface because of technical problems. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet said the diesel-powered submarine Novorossiysk had surfaced off France to comply with navigation rules in the English Channel, and rejected reports it had suffered a serious malfunction. But Dutch authorities said at the weekend that the submarine was under tow in the North Sea.

AMSTERDAM: NATO chief Mark Rutte mocked Russia on Monday over the “limping” condition of one of its submarines as Russian authorities denied it had been forced to surface because…

Moscow denies one of its vessels had to surface in the English Channel because of technical issues.

Moscow denied that its submarine had suffered a serious malfunction