New Delhi, July 13 -- MOSCOW - In a sharp escalation of maritime tensions, Russia on Saturday accused NATO of deliberately obstructing freedom of navigation in the Baltic Sea, warning that the alliance's expanded naval operations are raising the risk of regional conflict. Russia's Ambassador to Norway, Nikolai Korchunov, condemned NATO's newly launched "Baltic Sentinel" mission, which he said uses [.]

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