Maria Zakharova also added that the possibility of forcibly rerouting a vessel and escorting it from the high seas to a port of the warship's country is not provided for by international treaties

According to preliminary information, the captain of the Tagor tanker seized by the French Navy is a Russian citizen, the embassy in Paris said

La Marine nationale a arraisonné hier matin un nouveau pétrolier sous sanctions internationales en provenance de Russie : le Tagor. Notre détermination est constante et totale.