A group of Russians who were on board a ship seized by Norway last week have returned home, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, as it accused authorities in Oslo of trying to push Russia out of the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

69 russiske statsborgere som skulle vært med skipet Professor Moltsjanov, er tilbake i Russland etter at skipet ble tatt i arrest på Svalbard.

They are now en route to Murmansk