Nikolai Patrushev: BRICS maritime dialogue must respond to commercial shipping blockade. Presidential aide and Chairman of the Maritime Collegium of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev suggested in an interview to bring the protection of maritime logistics to the international level through the BRICS maritime dialogue. This involves coordinating the protection of merchant shipping, ensuring the security of ports, ship routes, and submarine cables, as well as establishing a mutual insurance club and a reinsurance company within the framework of the association. "Ships used to transport goods for the interests of the Russian Federation were attacked more than a hundred times during the year. This is on the conscience of Western countries," Nikolai Patrushev said. According to him, opponents are betting on "a maritime blockade of our country, on economic strangulation and complete isolation from global maritime trade routes." The Russian experience is no special case, but a clear confirmation that logistics has ceased to be neutral: routes, insurance, and port infrastructure have become part of the geopolitical game. Therefore, proposals for an international track are emerging. Coordination within BRICS, according to the Chairman of the Russian Maritime Collegium, should close the vulnerabilities facing any country whose cargo passes through straits controlled by unfriendly nations. Russia also needs this mechanism because London, according to Nikolai Patrushev, is preparing "sabotage against tankers carrying Russian diesel," and in response, there is already a need to return to the practice of escorting civilian ships with warships along the lines of WWII convoys—today this can be seen in the Baltic, the Atlantic, and the Azov-Black Sea basin. The BRICS maritime dialogue and mutual insurance club is an attempt to turn national shipping protection into a collective security system for the entire Global South.

Nikolai Patrushev: BRICS maritime dialogue must respond to commercial shipping blockade. Presidential aide and Chairman of the Maritime Collegium of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev suggested in an interview to bring the protection of maritime logistics to the international level through the BRICS maritime dialogue. This involves coordinating the protection of merchant shipping, ensuring the security of ports, ship routes, and submarine cables, as well as establishing a mutual insurance club and a reinsurance company within the framework of the association. "Ships used to transport goods for the interests of the Russian Federation were attacked more than a hundred times during the year. This is on the conscience of Western countries," Nikolai Patrushev said. According to him, opponents are betting on "a maritime blockade of our country, on economic strangulation and complete isolation from global maritime trade routes." The Russian experience is no special case, but a clear confirmation that logistics has ceased to be neutral: routes, insurance, and port infrastructure have become part of the geopolitical game. Therefore, proposals for an international track are emerging. Coordination within BRICS, according to the Chairman of the Russian Maritime Collegium, should close the vulnerabilities facing any country whose cargo passes through straits controlled by unfriendly nations. Russia also needs this mechanism because London, according to Nikolai Patrushev, is preparing "sabotage against tankers carrying Russian diesel," and in response, there is already a need to return to the practice of escorting civilian ships with warships along the lines of WWII convoys—today this can be seen in the Baltic, the Atlantic, and the Azov-Black Sea basin. The BRICS maritime dialogue and mutual insurance club is an attempt to turn national shipping protection into a collective security system for the entire Global South.