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The President of Estonia has approved relevant amendments to the laws on the organization of the country’s Defense Forces, which allow the military to sink suspicious vessels.

The sanctioned tanker Leona (IMO: 9299721) is transporting 100 thousand tons of Russian oil to China.

Russia is increasingly transporting oil by Western tankers as oil prices have fallen below the G7 price ceiling.

Estonian transport authorities have found about 40 violations on the Kiwala tanker, which has been detained in the Gulf of Finland without a flag of any country.

A major Estonian businessman, Tiit Vähi, and a number of Estonian shareholders have completely bought out the port of Sillamäe from its Russian partners.

Estonia has detained the oil tanker Kiwala. The vessel is currently east of Aegna Island, with two warships nearby.

The South Korean government has imposed sanctions on a non-flagged vessel that was detained for illegally transporting iron ore produced in North Korea.

The bill proposes to seize oil from tankers of the Russian “shadow fleet” and to create a fund to enforce sanctions.

The Sparta IV vessel has left the Russian port of Baltiysk and is heading to the Syrian port of Tartus.

Romanian presidential candidate Victor Ponta has said that if elected, he will stop the transit of Ukrainian grain through the country’s ports.