Stalled advance in Ukraine and economic woes are not the only worries for the Kremlin - also a distant ‘near abroad'.
Putin warns of tit-for-tat seizures of European vesselsIf European states seize vessels with Russian cargo, Moscow will respond in kind ‘wherever necessary’, says Putin.
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