Explained in plain English
Who owns the sea?
The sea is a mix of national and international zones. Coastal nations own a strip of water called territorial waters, usually 12 nautical miles wide, where they have full sovereignty. Beyond that are international waters, or the 'high seas', which belong to no single country. The Russian frigate was in these international waters near Plymouth.
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