VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES ⟩ Lauri Läänemets: If Russian ships reach Estonian waters, it is too late

The tanker that Estonian authorities tried to detain in the Baltic Sea is a textbook shadow-fleet vessel with a dubious background and unknown owners. Photo: MarineTraffic Photo: MarineTraffic

VOX POPULI OF POLITICAL PARTIES. Tensions in the Baltic Sea have clearly increased: on Sunday, Russia detained a ship that had departed the Port of Sillamäe, and a week earlier, it sent a fighter jet to escort a tanker without a flag state. What would be the most effective way to inspect vessels of Russia's shadow fleet?