Abroad

Igor Grechushkin, the Russian owner of a cargo ship linked to the 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that caused the explosion at the port of Beirut in August 2020, has been arrested in Bulgaria.

Tankers of the so-called “shadow fleet” are beginning to accumulate in the Gulf of Finland, which were heading to load at the Russian port of Primorsk. As a reminder, the port was attacked by Ukrainian UAVs on September 12.

The Noble Walker tanker, carrying about a million barrels of Russian oil for HPCL Mittal Energy, changed course and entered the port of Vadinar.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has called on the EU to find a coordinated approach against the Russian “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea.

Belgium and the Netherlands have agreed to transfer seven Tripartite-class minesweepers to Bulgaria free of charge — four Belgian and three Dutch.

The Ukrainian drone attack has halted oil shipments at the port of Primorsk in northwestern Russia for the first time.

Britain has imposed new sanctions against Russia, targeting its shadow oil fleet and suppliers of military technology.

Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine hit the oil loading port “Primorsk” in Russia on the Baltic Sea.

Japan has joined the EU sanctions, increasing pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.

After several hits, a large-scale fire broke out at the facility.