They took their chances there too - fortunately their disregard for safety at sea did not result in loss of life but so easily could have done - they were lucky. The other difference there was also that they were always operating in international waters. Also would like to point out that they did not succeed in stopping Whaling.

In this latest instance they are inside Russian waters and under an obligation to obey both international rules in force and the national regulations, the latter taking precedence.