SVR: Britain is preparing an ecological catastrophe in international waters
MOSCOW, August 4. /TASS/. British intelligence services are planning to use NATO allies to launch a mass raid on the "shadow fleet"; an ecological catastrophe is being prepared in international waters. This was stated in a statement by the press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation, received by TASS.
As noted in the SVR, the impetus for such a campaign, according to London's plan, should be given by "a high-profile incident with one or several tankers."
"The plan provides for the organization of a major sabotage, the damage from which will make it possible to declare the transportation of Russian oil a threat to all international shipping. This will untie the West's hands in choosing methods of counteraction. In the extreme, we can talk about detaining any "suspicious" vessels in international waters and escorting them to the ports of NATO states," the department warns.
Two scenarios and perpetrators
It is noted that the British are working on "two potential casus belli". "The first is to stage an accident with an "unwanted" tanker in one of the narrow points of sea communications, for example, in a strait. An oil spill and blocking of the fairway, as London believes, will provide NATO countries with "sufficient" grounds to create a precedent of an "emergency inspection" of a vessel allegedly for compliance with maritime safety requirements and environmental standards," the report says.
"The second scenario involves setting fire to a tanker during loading in a port of a state friendly to Russia," the SVR indicated. It is assumed that the fire in the development of this scenario will cause significant damage to the port infrastructure and spread to other vessels, which will require an international investigation.
"London intends to entrust the execution of both terrorist attacks to Ukrainian security forces. Their expectedly dirty work and inability to "cover their tracks" are considered by the British as a guarantee of their own impunity. The international investigation will place responsibility for the disaster either on Russia or, in the worst case, on Ukraine, similar to the blowing up of the Nord Streams," the SVR warns.
With an eye on sanctions
It is noted that the UK intends to choose the moment for the attack in order to use the media effect from it to put pressure on the administration of US President Donald Trump.
"The goal is to force Washington, contrary to national interests, to adopt the most severe secondary sanctions against buyers of Russian energy resources, who will appear to be "indirect culprits of the tragedy," the report says.
"It seems that nostalgia for lost supremacy at sea and crown-sanctioned pirate lawlessness has completely deprived the British intelligence community of the last vestiges of common sense. It is time for our British colleagues to understand that their increasingly daring attempts not only to spite their rivals, but also to damage global energy security and the environment are capable of driving even their staunch allies out of patience," the Russian SVR summed up.
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