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🛳 The #French General Staff showed footage of the inspection of a #Russian tanker from the #shadow_fleet
The #French authorities specified that the tanker #Grinch was detained.
🔹The tanker was subject to international sanctions and is suspected of using a fake flag.
🔹The vessel departed from #Murmansk and was operating under the flag of the #Comoros_Islands.
"The #shadow_fleet must be stopped from funding this illegal war!"😡😡😡
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❗️This morning, the #French_Navy boarded an oil tanker in the #Mediterranean_Sea, coming from #Russia, subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a false flag.
A judicial investigation has been opened. The vessel has been diverted.
The activities of the #shadow_fleet contribute to financing the war of aggression against #Ukraine.
them have been operating without a legitimate flag.
This new legal procedure might be possible to apply to any sanctioned vessel without a legitimate flag (they also usually don't have any insurance so any accident, such as an oil spin, might lead to a crisis).
Further analysis of the matter is required.
A spokesperson of the #UK Defense Ministry said that "The defence secretary set out in parliament this week that deterring, disrupting and degrading the #Russian #shadow_fleet
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In a single day, seven tankers of the #shadow_fleet turned around to avoid being detained - #Pentagon
#Pentagon spokesman #Sean_Parnell reported that the blockade in the #Caribbean_Sea remains in effect and is proving highly effective.
"In the last 24 hours alone, at least seven oil tankers of the #shadow_fleet turned around to avoid being intercepted, because they know we're not joking," he wrote on #Twitter.
"HURRY: old tanker for sale, sold as seen!" 🤣🤣🤣
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The #United_States reports seizing one more tanker, #Sophia, that is part of the #shadow_fleet and under sanctions.
According to the #US report, the vessel did not have a state flag and was conducting illegal activity. It will be escorted to the #United_States for further legal procedures.
There are reports that this tanker transported #Russian oil.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
It is becoming increasingly difficult for #Putin to finance this war,"
The document provides for:
▪️ a ban on the supply of #Russian liquefied natural gas (#LNG) to the #EU;
▪️ a complete ban on all crypto services for #Russian citizens;
▪️ restrictions on the travel of #Russian diplomats;
▪️ the inclusion of 117 ships of the so-called #Russian “#shadow_fleet” on the sanctions list;
▪️ sanctions against banks in #Kazakhstan and #Belarus, as well as four companies linked to #China's oil industry.
In June, #CREA estimated that 435 tankers were used to export oil from #Russian ports - 153 of them were part of the "#shadow_fleet."
Now, some of these vessels may lose the right to sail under the world’s most sought-after flag - #Panama.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
#Panama is the world's second-largest commercial ship registry.
This marks a serious blow to the #Kremlin's so-called "#shadow_fleet," which has grown sixfold since the start of #Russia's full-scale invasion of #Ukraine and now includes around 600 vessels.
The average age of tankers transporting #Russian oil in circumvention of sanctions is between 20 and 25 years - almost twice the global average for similar vessels (13 years).
The operation involved the #Steregushchiy-class corvette #Boykiy, the #UK-sanctioned tanker #Selva (also known as #Nostos/#Naxos), and tanker #Sierra (also known as #Suvorovskiy_Prospekt), which is subject to #UK and #EU sanctions.
#Douglas noted that #Russia has moved to openly defend its '#shadow_fleet' with naval force "following #Estonia's boardings and growing scrutiny from #EU states."
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
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‼️For the first time, a #Russian warship openly escorted tankers from the '#shadow_fleet' through the #English_Channel, #Mark_Douglas of Starboard Maritime Intelligence reported
He explained that #AIS data revealed coordinated movements between two tankers and a #Russian warship starting June 16, indicating "deliberate timing to allow all three vessels to transit simultaneously, en route to load oil in #Russia."
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