Thread by @vik8867dn

1.❌⛴Estonia can close the Gulf of Finland to #Russia.

The government of #Estonia is going to introduce a coastal "adjacent zone" in the Gulf of Finland, which will allow to block Russian shipping.

The contiguous zone is a marine zone adjacent to the territorial sea, which⬇️

2. can be established by domestic law and where the coastal state has the right to exercise control, as well as to punish in case of various violations of its legal acts.

The right of a state in the "contiguous zone" extends to customs and tax matters, as well as sanitary and⬇️

3.and immigration regulations. This makes it possible to check compliance with Estonian law within 24 nautical miles from the baseline of the Estonian territorial sea and to look after Russian warships and civilian vessels leaving the ports of the LeningradRegion and Kronstadt.⬇️

4. In case of refusal to provide the vessel for inspection, the violator may be prohibited from passing through the bay.
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5. The position of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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6. At the moment, a narrow strip of neutral waters passes between the territorial waters of #Finland and #Estonia, along which Russian ships follow from Kronstadt and other ports of the Leningrad Region to the Barents Sea.
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7. The introduction of the contiguous zone from #Estonia, according to Russian media, will block this passage and enable Estonians to demand inspection of ships passing there, including military ones.
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