Most of the “shadow” vehicles are registered under the flags of Panama, Gabon, the islands of Cook, Liberia, the Marshall Islands.
The shadow of the Russian Federation’s armada is about a thousand old tankers taking Russia’s oil not to the inserted ceiling of prices and not guaranteed by the western companies. In total, Moscow pays nearly $ 10 billion for them. It was reported by RBC-Ukraine that there was a reference to the state of the Unitary Enterprise of the Ukraine Ministry of Defense.
“In 2023, there were about 600 units … These vehicles provide exports of almost 70% of Russian raw oil and brought petroleum products along the sea route,” GUR said.
According to the GUR, the most “Shadow Fleet” is registered under the flags of Panama, Gabon, The Islands of Cook, Liberia, Marshall Islands, etc.
Those who have been registered with the PRC, India, the Marshall Islands, the Seychelles, UAE, Greece and many other countries. Management companies can also be found in the UAE, Greece, China, Turkey and the Seychelles.
These vehicles often change registration and names so that they are difficult to identify. They reboot oil with other tankers in the offshore zone, try to hide their routes and turn off the automatic identity system (AIS) in some sections of their path. To prevent Russian oil origin, in the tanks, mix it as well as other varieties.
Not only is a proposal for such oil, but also demanded -there are countries that are interested in importing Russian oil for its processing and exporting as ready oil products in foreign markets. It is, for example, China, India and Türkiye. And the sale of petroleum products made from Russian oil does not prohibit.
In early January, the United States, even under the presidency of Joe Bayden, imposed new penalties against the “Shadow Fleet” of the Russian Federation, including 183 tankers carrying Russian oil.
As a result of short -term sanctions, Russia’s exporting should drop by 15%, the GUR noted. Moscow needs to increase its oil discount for consumers and change the planned production indicators in the direction of decrease.
However, in this direction there is still something to work, as American penalties are only affected by the whole “Shadow Fleet” of the Russian Federation. To hinder this procedure in the Kremlin, it is necessary to find a mechanism on how to track the true route of “Shadow” ships, introduce sector penalties and blocking properties for companies operating These tanks, and they are forbidden to insert ports, water territories and international drawings.
Remember that the United States allowed India until February 27 to remove Russian oil suction tanks, avoiding penalties.
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