MOSCOW – A Russian deputy says that a boat service has been restored between Turkey and the Crimean region annexed by the Kremlin.
Russian State Duma deputy Ruslan Balbek wrote on Nov. 8 on Facebook that the Varyag ship arrived in the Turkish port of Zonguldak earlier this month after leaving Crimea. Balbek described the voyage as “battering a hole” in Western sanctions on Russia imposed after the 2014 annexation.
