# Norway seizes Russian vessel on behalf of Ukraine’s Naftogaz

https://mins.news/en/item/42827

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-02 23:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/norway-seizes-russian-ship-on-behalf-of-ukraines-naftogaz/

> Norwegian authorities seized the Russian state-owned Professor Molchanov at Barentsburg port in Svalbard on Sept. 2, following a request from Ukraine’s Naftogaz. The move seeks to recover $4.22 billion plus interest that a Hague tribunal ordered Russia to pay for unlawfully taking Naftogaz assets in occupied Crimea.

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