A Russian-run energy company in Crimea said on Monday that a Turkish vessel did not give way to a convoy of Russian ships, including a destroyer, which was transporting drilling rigs in the Black Sea.
“Acting in violation of international norms preventing a collision of ships at sea and commonly accepted norms of navigation, a Turkish vessel did not give way to the convoy,” Chernomorneftegaz, a state energy company based in the Crimea peninsula annexed by Moscow, said on Monday.
The company claimed in a statement that a trade vessel flying a Turkish flag had created “an emergency situation” and had not responded to radio signals.
A patrol boat of the Russian FSB security service's border guard and a missile boat of the Russian Black Fleet forced the Turkish vessel to change course before the convoy continued its journey, the energy company said.