article_snippet.sent: Nato exercises were held this week in northern Scotland and Ardglass fishing representative Dick James said the alliance's drills may have attracted Russian interest.
article_snippet.sent: Recently Russian warships reportedly used the English Channel en route to military exercises in the North Atlantic.
article_snippet.sent: No explanation: Experts said Russian President Vladimir Putin's move to send planes capable of carrying cruise missiles so close to British shores could be seen as an act of aggression . '
article_snippet.sent: an incident like this came as Britain hosted a Nato exercise in northern Scotland involving more than 50 warships.
article_snippet.sent: Tensions over the Ukraine conflict have soured relations between the West and Russia, which is suffering from US and EU sanctions imposed because the Kremlin is backing separatists in eastern Ukraine.
article_snippet.sent: Mr James, chief executive of the Northern Ireland Fish Producers' Organisation, said: 'There has been Russian activity.
article_snippet.sent: There have been Allied exercises going on, the Russians have been taking an interest in it. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Officials believe Nato drills may have attracted the interest of the Russians .
  