B2 Brussels2 The Blog

Political and defence Europe (by Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)

News Blogmaritime piracy

And Admiral Panteleev thwarts another attack

(B2)The Russians are not left out. On Saturday, while the Admiral Panteleev was escorting a convoy of six boats, the pirates attacked the slowest boat in the convoy. Two fast skiffs boarded, reports the Ria Novosti press agency. The Russian ship then responded with a warning shot. The pirates apparently did not ask for their remainder. And they left. This demonstrates, once again, the audacity of pirates who do not hesitate to attack under the noses of warships, sometimes...

 (NGV)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).