Norway detains Russian vessel under Ukrainian court order for $4.22B asset recovery

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BIG | 🇳🇴🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️‼️ Norway has detained the Russian research vessel Professor Molchanov near Svalbard under a Ukrainian court order seeking to recover billions of dollars from Russian assets abroad. The detention stems from a court warrant obtained by Ukraine’s Naftogaz, which is pursuing roughly $4.22 billion from Russian overseas assets. Moscow’s embassy in Norway condemned the move as a politically motivated violation of international law, while the Ukrainian side argues that the seizure