The US operation in the Gulf of Peter the Great was a political provocation, which was demonstrative, Elena Panina, a member of the State Duma committee on international affairs, told RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the US Seventh Fleet Command announced that the destroyer John McCain was conducting an operation to ensure freedom of navigation in Peter the Great Bay.
According to Panina, this is a gross violation of international law, which is defiant, demonstrative.
“From the very beginning it was clear that the American ship violated the border not only in order to fulfill its military tasks. It is a political provocation in which everything is significant, including the name of” John McCain “, the main Russophobe and sworn enemy of Russia, after whom the American is named destroyer “, – said Panina RIA Novosti.
The politician noted that such a military-political demarche on the part of the United States is taking place for the first time in a long period of time.
“In fact, this is an application for a new and very dangerous round of escalation in Russian-American relations,” Panina stated.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the destroyer entered Russian territorial waters in the Peter the Great Gulf for two kilometers. After receiving a warning from the large anti-submarine ship of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation “Admiral Vinogradov”, the American ship immediately went into neutral waters.