Russia organized a shadow oil center in the port of Indonesia.
The aggressor country is looking for results on how to get around Western sanctions. That is why he enters alternative routes for oil export. In 2025, the largest transition point was Port Karimun in Indonesia. This port is not controlled by the Indonesian authorities, because it is in the free trade zone and outside the country’s jurisdiction. The external intelligence service reported this.
It is noted that the passage of oil products through Karimun allows Russian companies to circumvent sanctions. In this port, raw materials are mixed with oil products from other countries. And after that, oil is considered Indonesian, so Western sanctions are not applied to it. Subsequently, he was sent to China, Singapore and Malaysia.
Intelligence found that at least three cargoes on tankers, which are under British and European sanctions, arrived in Karimun in March and April. Medicines in trade are the same, well -known trading companies that often change their names before they arrive at the final destination.
We recall that on May 9, the United Kingdom announced the largest package of sanctions in history aimed at the Russian shadow fleet. The restrictions are applied to 100 oil tankers, which make up most of the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation and from the beginning of 2024, more than $ 24 billion have been transported.
Source: Racurs
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