# Minister: Lawyers prepare lawsuit against Norway over Russian ship seizure in Spitsbergen

https://mins.news/en/item/43801

- TASS, 2026-09-03 13:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2182181

> Russian lawyers have begun preparing a local-court challenge to Norway’s seizure of the Professor Molchanov research vessel, Minister Alexey Chekunkov said. The arrest followed a complaint by the private Ukrainian company Naftogaz, and the ship cannot leave its current location pending a decision by the Svalbard governor.

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