INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands said Thursday Russian access to its North Atlantic ports would be restricted to vessels dedicated
Russian fishing vessels in port will be restricted to crew change, bunkering, provisioning, landing and transshipment."Maintenance services
will be prohibited and the purchase of goods restricted.The Faroese government is trying to reduce Russian activities at its ports due to
the risk of espionage and following criticism over the renewal of the bilateral fisheries accord at the end of November.The agreement,
Faroese fishermen and off the Faroe Islands for Russians.According to the fisheries ministry, the fish caught under the accord accounts for
five percent of gross domestic product.Home to some 54,000 inhabitants and located between Scotland and Iceland, the Faroe Islands have been
and 2014 over mackerel and herring quotas.An EU embargo on Faroese fish harmed the economy of the territory, which then turned to other
