Fish trade with Russia is not illegal, says leader of the Norwegian company that continues to send its refrigerated cargo ships to the north Russian seaport.

If dictator Putin is not stopped, he will look for the next areas in his sphere of interest. That could be us,' said Magnus Mæland, mayor in the municipality bordering Russia's Murmansk region.

"Fish can be traded with the Russians, it has been decided by Norwegian and European authorities," says Tormod Fossmark, CEO of SilverSea. The Norwegian shipowner company made headlines across Europe when its vessel Silver Dania in late January 2025 was detained in Tromsø,