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Britain protests Soviet fishermen over hunter for fugitive
Britain delivered a strong protest to the Soviet embassy claiming 0 Russian fishermen violated waters around Shetland by pursuing a fugitive Estonian seaman, Erich Teagn, who hid in a shepherd's cottage after a breathless pursuit. The Foreign Office warned such forced handover would breach the law and urged Moscow to issue orders to its skippers.
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