Maria Zakharova added that Western countries are fully justifying such practices MOSCOW, June 3. /TASS/. Western countries are going back to legalizing piracy at the state level, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, commenting on the detention of the Tagor tanker. "As funny and absurd as it may sound, Western countries are really well on the way back to legalizing and condoning piracy, that is, fully justifying such practices at the government level," the diplomat told the