Tag: MaritimeSanctions

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Moscow Tests NATO Waters With Baltic Warship

Russia's deployment of the hypersonic-armed frigate Admiral Kasatonov to the Baltic Sea near Fehmarn, Germany, is not an isolated provocation but the latest instance of a pattern analysts have tracked since mid-2025: the Russian Navy shifting from occasional deterrent gestures to a standing practice of escorting its sanctions-evading "shadow fleet"…