On November 3, Norway's chargé d'affaires in Moscow, B. Svenungsen, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, to which a sharp protest was submitted regarding the ongoing seizures of Russian movable and immovable property in the country at the request of Ukrainian companies. The research vessel Professor Molchanov, which was arrested on September 2 by a decision of a Norwegian court at the request of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and a number of other Ukrainian enterprises, is still in the port of Branzburg in the Spitsbergen archipelago. On October 28, the District Court in North Tromsø and Sanja refused to grant the Artikogol Foundation's appeal; Further examination of the case may take many months. Business Responsibility was informed that a long-term winter mooring of a vessel that is not suitable for this purpose, considering the harsh climate and weather conditions of the North Pole, is bound to fail and have serious consequences for the environment. They demanded that official Oslo unconditionally obey international law, including the provisions of the Spitzbergen Convention, which establishes freedom of access for the citizens of the participating parties in the archipelago, which is currently significantly damaged due to the arrest of the aforementioned ship. Under the conditions of illegitimate unilateral restrictive measures against Russia introduced by Norway, which led, in particular, to the suspension of air traffic between Russia and Spitsbergen, "Professor Molchanov" was the only vehicle that provided direct delivery to the archipelago of employees of Russian organizations and essential cargo. On September 22, according to a decision of a Norwegian court, five Russian real estate assets were also arrested in Oslo. We called on the Norwegian side to strictly comply with international law, including the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 2004 Convention on the Immunity of States and their Property.

On November 3, Norway's chargé d'affaires in Moscow, B. Svenungsen, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, to which a sharp protest was submitted regarding the ongoing seizures of Russian movable and immovable property in the country at the request of Ukrainian companies. The research vessel Professor Molchanov, which was arrested on September 2 by a decision of a Norwegian court at the request of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and a number of other Ukrainian enterprises, is still in the port of Branzburg in the Spitsbergen archipelago. On October 28, the District Court in North Tromsø and Sanja refused to grant the Artikogol Foundation's appeal; Further examination of the case may take many months. Business Responsibility was informed that a long-term winter mooring of a vessel that is not suitable for this purpose, considering the harsh climate and weather conditions of the North Pole, is bound to fail and have serious consequences for the environment. They demanded that official Oslo unconditionally obey international law, including the provisions of the Spitzbergen Convention, which establishes freedom of access for the citizens of the participating parties in the archipelago, which is currently significantly damaged due to the arrest of the aforementioned ship. Under the conditions of illegitimate unilateral restrictive measures against Russia introduced by Norway, which led, in particular, to the suspension of air traffic between Russia and Spitsbergen, "Professor Molchanov" was the only vehicle that provided direct delivery to the archipelago of employees of Russian organizations and essential cargo. On September 22, according to a decision of a Norwegian court, five Russian real estate assets were also arrested in Oslo. We called on the Norwegian side to strictly comply with international law, including the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 2004 Convention on the Immunity of States and their Property.