Russia Sends Jet as Estonia Tries to Halt Shadow Oil Tanker

Russia deployed a fighter jet in NATO airspace this week after Estonia tried to inspect a so-called shadow fleet tanker passing the EU-member’s economic area, Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said.

The spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry didn’t mention the incident in a weekly briefing nor was a question asked, although a video purportedly of the flyover has appeared widely in Russian media.