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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, January 28 (Xinhua) — Two Russian citizens from the crew of the US-detained tanker Mariner have been released and are en route to Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova announced on Wednesday.
"Two Russian sailors have been released and are on their way home to Russia," TASS quoted her as saying.
US authorities seized the tanker Mariner in the North Atlantic on January 7 for violating US sanctions. The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed the US's references to its own "sanctions legislation" as unfounded and stated that unilateral restrictive measures by the US and other Western countries are "illegitimate and cannot serve as justification for attempts to establish jurisdiction and seize vessels on the high seas."
In addition to Russians, there were citizens of Ukraine, Georgia, and India on board the tanker. –0–
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