Ok, but still, in international water it is an illegal act, isn't it. When police detains you, it is usually legally.

You are saying that a XY country could have a law where it says that it's fine to seize any ship in international waters and thus it's all good and legal then when it does so?

Ok, how do we call it when a state does piracy?

~~Who~~ Why not?

Great argument, thanks.

Does it matter under what flag, though? As long as they are legally registered it shouldn't. TBH ships are usually registered in all sorts of shady countries.

Also if a group of countries declares sanctions, it doesn't allow them to stop the ships in international waters, does it?

any illegal acts of violence or detention

It's any illegal acts of violence or detention, wasn't the latter the case?

Also what court has a jurisdiction over international seas?

Wait until RFK Jr hears it. mRNA evil and bad...

I'm not a legal expert, but this definition sounds like it

(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed: (i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft; (ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;

Now there are varying opinions on whether this detention is legal or not, but personally the Russian government is one of the last organizations I would trust in determining that.

Sure, we are talking about piracy in general, not Russian opinion.

Even worse, negotiations with US brings a high risk of being attacked. During negotiations, of course.

Aren't they technically correct, though? Please spare me with Russia bad, I'm talking technically.