Norway refused to rescue Russian sailors who drowned in Mediterranean Sea: What happened to them?

Norway has refused to rescue Russian sailors from the Ursa Major ship that sank in the Mediterranean. The Oslo Carrier 3 vessel, sailing in the Mediterranean Sea under the Norwegian flag, for an unknown reason refused to take on board the Russian sailors from the Ursa Major vessel, who were drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, the press service of the vessel's owner, the Oboronlogistics group of companies, reported. The Russian Defense Ministry called this circumstance a gross violation of the International Convention on Salvage.

Oboronlogistics clarified that the boat with the Russians headed towards the nearby Oslo Carrier 3. However, the ship's partially Russian-speaking crew refused to accept the sailors on board.

“When the lifeboat approached the ship, the Norwegian vessel refused to accept the Ursa Major crew members, citing some kind of prohibition,” they added.

Recall that on December 24 it became known that the Ursa Major ship, which was sailing from St.St. Petersburg to Primorye, sank in the Mediterranean Sea. It was expected in Vladivostok in a month. But 110 kilometers from the coast of Spain, in the neutral zone, the crew sent out a distress signal. Oboronlogistics stated that the cause of the ship's sinking was a terrorist act .

The head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov, in turn, stated that the refusal of the Norwegian side to save the Russian sailors could threaten it with an international court. Such actions are not only a violation of an international convention, but also a violation of generally accepted human norms and rules.