# Norway seizes Russian ship to enforce $4.22 billion Ukrainian compensation claim

https://mins.news/en/item/43491

- France 24, 2026-09-03 10:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260903-norway-seizes-russian-ship-to-enforce-4-22-billion-ukrainian-arbitration-claim

> Norway said it seized a Russian vessel as part of Ukraine’s effort to recover $4.22 billion awarded to state energy company Naftogaz over Russia’s 2014 seizure of its Crimean assets. The Professor Molchanov was detained near the Arctic Svalbard archipelago after a Norwegian court ordered its arrest.

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