The Foreign Ministry denied NATO's claims about Russia's involvement in the damage to cables in the Baltic Sea

The statements that there is allegedly a Russian trace in the damage of cables at the bottom of the Baltic Sea are needed in order to limit oil exports from Russia as well as shipping in the water area. This was announced by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at a briefing on January 16.

"The real purpose of this is to restrict Russian oil exports by any means in order to create preconditions for imposing restrictions on international navigation in the Baltic Sea in light...