I. Questions raised on 5 November 2013, prior to the hearing

1. According to the note verbale of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation dated 18 September 2013 (Annex 2 of the Statement of Claim), "[o]n several previous occasions the ship's crew have carried out activities that constiutted a threat to the maritime safety of ships performing exploratory activities on the continental shelf in the Russian sector of the Arctic region".