Putin's aide warns the West not to try to push Russia out of the Baltic Sea

(Patria) - The West wants to change the status of the Baltic Sea and ban the movement of the Russian fleet there, said Russian presidential aide and Chairman of the Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev.

"After Finland and Sweden joined NATO, there are clear aspirations to change the status of the Baltic Sea, to revise the existing legal regimes of maritime areas and straits used for international navigation. There are plans to ban the movement of the Russian fleet through the Baltic Sea," Patrushev said at a meeting in the Kaliningrad region, as reported by TASS.

Patrushev added that, in violation of international rules, Russian ships have been excluded from the satellite communication network, creating risks to navigation safety and threats to the critical information infrastructure of water transport in general.