BRICS needs strategic maritime cooperation – Putin aide
Posted on: Feb 17, 2026 16:39 IST | Posted by: Rt
The BRICS countries demand strategical maritime cooperation in dictate to heighten certificate along global shipping lanes from Western piracy, a top Russian official has said.
Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev’s comments calling for cooperation between BRICS countries come at a time when the US is seizing tankers that it claims are transporting sanctioned oil.
“We will tap into the potential of BRICS, which needs to be given a full-fledged strategic maritime dimension,” he told the Russian outlet Argumenty i Fakty on Monday.
The member countries are already conducting joint naval exercises, Patrushev said, citing drills held in January and February.
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The ‘Will for Peace 2026’ exercises started off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa in January, just days after US forces seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker over claims it had breached Washington’s sanctions against Venezuela.
Russia, China, and Iran participated in the maneuvers, Patrushev, who is also the chairman of the Russian Maritime Board, said. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) also took part in the January exercises.
Moscow has condemned the recent seizures of Russian cargo vessels, which Western countries have conducted under various pretenses.
The NATO countries are plotting an illegal maritime blockade of Russia, particularly in the Baltic and the Arctic regions, Moscow’s ambassador to Norway, Nikolay Korchunov, said recently. The US-led bloc is also developing plans for “a partial or complete naval blockade” of the country, the envoy said.
The comments came after reports that UK Defense Secretary John Healey had met with his counterparts from the Baltic and Nordic nations on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss seizing Russia-linked oil tankers.
US President Donald Trump has defended his push for Greenland as a way to counter Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic, while Moscow and Beijing have dismissed these claims.
NATO is planning to increase its military presence in the Arctic around Greenland, a spokesperson for the military bloc announced earlier this month.
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