There is still no clarity on this issue. There were two compatriots there. This was stated in an interview with Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov. “We still do not know when the American side will finally fulfill the promise made – and at the highest level – to release Russian citizens from the crew of the tanker Mariner detained by the Americans,” he said. On January 7, American troops boarded a Russian-flagged ship in the North Atlantic. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the seizure of the tanker was a violation of basic principles and norms of international maritime law.
