A Russian-run energy company in Crimea said that a Turkish vessel did not give way to a convoy of the 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 energy company said. The company claimed that a trade vessel flying a Turkish flag had created “an emergency situation” and had not responded to the 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 in a
statement.