The director of the Department of European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Vladislav Mesannikov called the actions of EU countries hostile and provocative to stop ships in the Baltic Sea, RIA Novosti reports. According to the diplomat, the individual European Union countries consistently complicate international shipping under the pretext of fighting the "Shadow" fleet, which is actually engaged in cleaning up the sea. In response to these measures, Moscow is already taking retaliatory measures.