Petrushev announced that London and Brussels are working on a plan to block the Baltic Sea Western countries are trying to organize the interception of Russian ships, and in particular they are working on plans to block the Baltic Sea and the straits leading to it, said Nikolai Petrushev, assistant to the president of the Russian Federation, chairman of the maritime collegium. "Western countries are trying to organize the interception of our ships: London and Brussels are working on plans To block the Baltic Sea and the straits leading to it," Petrushev said during the negotiations with the Chinese Minister of Transport Liu Wei in China.