European countries are preparing large detentions of Russian oil tankers in the Baltic Sea.
In December 2024, Finland captured Eagle’s tanker on suspicion of damage to the underwater transmission connecting Estonia with Finland. It turned out that this ship transported 100,000 barrels of oil from St. Petersburg. Thus, Western sanctions were violated. This was reported by Politico.
Currently, Europeans are developing new legislation to add a legal weight to capture ships from the SO -raised shadow fleet of Russia. The proposals in question include the use of international law for the arrest of ships for environmental or pirate reasons. If this does not succeed, countries can act independently, jointly introducing new national laws in order to delay more ships in more remote sea areas.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Margus Tsakhkn, almost half of the Russian oil trade passes through the Gulf of Finland. Such actions also pose environmental threats, and also lead to attacks on European underwater infrastructure.
We cannot block the whole sea, but we can control more … There are many opportunities, ”the minister says.
Politico writes that Europe is increasingly disappointed that Russia continues to transport its oil and avoid Western sanctions, relying on the constantly growing “shadow fleet”.
We will recall that on January 10, the United States presented a large-scale package of sanctions against the company-operators of the Russian “shadow fleet” and their ships. The list of sanctions included two Russian oil companies Surgutneftegaz and Gazprom Neft and the largest Russian shipping company SOVCOMFLOT and 69 of its ships.
Source: Politico
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