EU plans to stop tankers carrying Russian oil through the Baltic Sea, — President’s Office

The European Union is preparing legal mechanisms to detain sanctioned Russian tankers in the Baltic Sea.

This was reported by the President’s Office.

Thus, the European Union is preparing legal grounds for stopping tankers of the Russian “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea. In addition, the EU countries are considering the possibility of implementing last year’s Ukrainian proposals – we are talking about at least 16 vessels without a flag, which can be detained in accordance with Article 110 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Also, in the new, 19th, package of sanctions, the EU plans to add another 120 oil tankers from the Russian “shadow fleet”, increasing the blacklist to 568 vessels. According to the head of the OP, some of them formally no longer enter EU ports, but continue to use the Baltic Sea for transportation.

“The use of the mechanism of international law and the readiness of NATO countries to ensure its implementation is a key signal to the Kremlin: its attempts to circumvent sanctions are not working. “We need to limit Russia’s capabilities as soon as possible,” the OP noted.

Earlier, Putin called the detention of vessels of the Russian “shadow fleet” “illegal actions.”