Patrushev: NATO is planning a terror act against Russian vessels and pipelines

NATO is planning new terror acts against Russian cargo vessels, pipelines, and tankers, Nikolay Patrushev, Aide to the President of Russia and Head of Russia’s Maritime Board, said in an interview with the magazine Nacionalnaya Oborona.

“The forecast for the situation in the Baltic region allows us to focus on the deliberate provocation of regional tensions by the naval forces of European countries that are members of the alliance. The likelihood that threats to Russian port infrastructure and freedom of navigation have increased is strong,” Patrushev said.

According to him, NATO members are conducting cyberattacks on Russian vessel GPS trackers with the aim of organizing emergencies, including incidents leading to accidents.

Patrushev noted that NATO’s European wing continues its policy of blocking Russia in the Baltic states, ignoring the restoration of dialogue between Russia and the United States.

He stated that the U.K. is interested in disrupting the normalization of relations between Russia and the U.S., as well as negotiations over Ukraine, while Finland, like in 1939, is becoming a potential springboard for aggression against Russia, now under NATO’s auspices.