# Moscow Summons Norwegian Diplomat Over Seizure of Research Ship and State Property

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/moscow-summons-norwegian-diplomat-over-seizure-of-research-ship-and-state-property/
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:08:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T05:49:06+00:00
- Original publisher: The Moscow Times
- Original article: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/11/04/moscow-summons-norwegian-diplomat-over-seizure-of-research-ship-and-state-property-a94180
- Topics: Business, Companies, Europe, World

## Key points

- Russia protested Norway’s seizure of a research ship and five state properties.
- The ship was seized to enforce a $4.2 billion award for Naftogaz.
- A Norwegian court rejected Arktikugol’s appeal and ordered $300,000 in legal fees.

## Summary

Russia has summoned Norway’s chargé d’affaires to protest the seizure of a Russian research ship and five state properties. The dispute stems from Norwegian enforcement of a large arbitration award in favour of Ukraine’s Naftogaz.

The research vessel Professor Molchanov has been impounded at Barentsburg on Svalbard since 2 September. A Norwegian court rejected an appeal by Arktikugol, the Russian state company operating there, and ordered it to pay $300,000 in legal fees; Russia says keeping the ship through winter could cause operational and environmental problems.

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