Defiant Norwegian fishermen unwilling to leave impact areas for Russian missiles

Russia’s ongoing war games in the Barents Sea anger fishermen currently fishing north and south of Bear Island. A Norwegian Coast Guard vessel is also in the area.

It is for Russia to make sure the military exercises are “carried out in a way that safeguards Norwegian rights under the Law of the Sea and international law in general,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ane Haavardsdatter Lunde told the Barents Observer as the Northern Fleet on Friday kicked off a large exercise, including within Norway’s Exclusive Economic Zone south of Svalbard.