How a group of Irish fishermen -- fighting back against naval drills ordered by Moscow off the Irish coast -- forced the Russian Navy into a U-turn.
Castletownbere, Ireland A fishing community on the southern tip of Ireland breathed a sigh of relief this weekend after the Russian government gave in to appeals from local fishermen who said naval drills ordered by Moscow off the Irish coast could endanger their livelihoods.
"I'm shocked, really," Patrick Murphy, head of the Castletownbere-based Irish South and West Fish Producer's Organisation, told CNN Saturday evening, shortly after the news of Russia's change of plan broke."I didn't think that little old us ... would have an impact on international diplomacy."Amid the ongoing crisis on the border with Ukraine, tensions between Russia and the West continue to simmer.
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