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Russia has withdrawn a request for three warships to dock at the Spanish port of Ceuta for refuelling, following concern among Nato allies.
The Spanish foreign ministry says the stopovers have now been cancelled.
Spain had been under pressure from Nato allies not to allow the refuelling of the Russian warships bound for Syria.
Russia's defence ministry later said no request had been sent for the main vessel, aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, to be refuelled in Ceuta.
In a statement (in Russian), the ministry said the Russian vessels had the necessary resources to carry out tasks.
The ministry added that it had considered - upon agreement with Spain - the possibility of a "business" docking of some of the ships or a maintenance ship into Ceuta's port.
Russia's battle group has been sailing for the past week from Russia to the Mediterranean.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37779204
Why did the Spanish ever agree to any such refuelling in the first place? It's not like the request was made before all the tension between the EU/Nato and Russia flared up is it...
Anyway based on what I've seen of that aircraft carrier, London will be safe as it'd fall foul of the low emissions zone. I reckon it must be burning old oily blankets..
