OREANDA-NEWS If Finland and Estonia plan to impose a complete blockade of the Gulf of Finland for Russian shipping, Russia will regard such actions as a violation of international maritime law, the Russian Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the media reported that Helsinki and Tallinn are developing plans to close the Gulf of Finland to Russian ships in case of a threat.

"If Finland and Estonia plan to impose a complete blockade of the Gulf of Finland for Russian shipping, then Russia will regard such actions as an obvious violation of international maritime law. Its norms do not contain provisions that allow, even based on any "threat", to introduce measures to restrict navigation, especially unilateral measures of a discriminatory nature aimed at a particular state," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry also reported that they do not quite understand what threats Helsinki and Tallinn mean. speaking of plans to close the water area. Russia assumes that Finland and Estonia will act strictly within the framework of international law, the ministry stressed.

"If we are talking about the plans of Finland and Estonia to establish the borders of their adjacent zones in the Gulf of Finland, then such a step is their sovereign right. At the same time, such actions, in accordance with the provisions of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, do not make it possible to impede and control navigation," the Russian Foreign Ministry added.