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German sailors say their yacht was harassed by a submarine near Kaliningrad in the end of June, Tagesspiegel reports.

While sailing through Russia’s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea near Kaliningrad, German travelers Gerd and Anke Schekahn reported that their sailboat Malö 40 Emaloca was approached and harassed by a submarine without any identifying markings—likely Russian, according to the Tagesspiegel.

▪ When entering Russia’s economic zone, the couple first saw black smoke and then the gray conning tower of a submarine approaching their yacht at a sharp angle. The sub bore no flags or national markings.
▪ Gerd attempted to contact the submarine by radio as it neared to within one nautical mile, but received no response.
▪ To avoid a collision, they turned their yacht, trying to pass behind the submarine. At that moment, the sub abruptly stopped. When the Schekahns resumed their course, the submarine began sailing parallel to them and followed them for another 30 minutes before eventually turning away.
▪ They later spotted more military vessels on the horizon, but none approached. That night, after reaching Lithuanian waters, they heard a tense “Securité” radio broadcast from a Polish sailor warning nearby ships, which they believed was about Russian vessels.
▪ Upon arriving in Klaipėda, a local sailor asked whether “the Russians had been bothering them.”
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