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A citizen of Latvia plays a key role in the work of the “shadow fleet” of the Russian Federation
The figure of the criminal scheme transported purchased sanctioned raw materials from the Russian Federation to India and China, earning more than 1.4 billion dollars. Latvian businessman Alekseys Halavinsh used shell companies to help tankers transporting Russian oil to circumvent sanctions. Gospodarka Morska writes about it. Thanks to the purchase of oil from the Russian…
Russia is negotiating with the Houthis to supply them with anti-ship missiles
Russia is conducting secret negotiations with the Yemeni Houthis to supply them with anti-ship missiles. Iran acts as a mediator in the negotiations. The countries are discussing the transfer of P-800 Onyx anti-ship missiles to the Houthis, Reuters reports. One of the newspaper’s interlocutors reported that the negotiations began even under the president of Iran,…
Russian tankers have been unloading oil in EU ports for weeks
The vessels involved in this activity are owned by Greek shipping companies, some of which are linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet. Despite the EU sanctions, which banned the maritime transportation of Russian crude oil from March 2023, Russian tankers continue to arrive at EU ports. United 24 writes about it. According to Greenpeace, since…
Spanish farmers will organize a rally in the port against the import of Ukrainian grain
Farmers from Spain demand to reduce the import of Ukrainian grain to the country. They have already announced the rally. On September 25, protests by Spanish farmers will take place in the port of Santander (Spain), reports the organization Unión de Uniones, which represents their interests. Agrarians demand to reduce the import of Ukrainian grain….
A Russian ship opened fire on a Norwegian ship
A Russian destroyer opened warning fire on a Norwegian fishing vessel in the Barents Sea. The ship “Admiral Levchenko” fired warning shots at the ship MS Ragnhild Kristine on September 12, FriFagbevegelse reports. The incident took place in the Barents Sea, north of Varde — in Norway’s exclusive economic zone. The destroyer took part in…
Estonia and Finland are developing a plan to protect the Gulf of Finland from the Russian Federation
In the event of a prolonged crisis, freight traffic could be diverted to the North Sea, which would require large-scale infrastructural changes. Estonia and Finland plan to strengthen cooperation in the field of maritime defense, in particular to develop a plan to protect the Gulf of Finland from Russian ships in the event of a…
The Russian Federation sent a damaged ship with an explosive cargo to Malta
The ship was loaded with ammonium nitrate in a Russian port on the Kola Peninsula. However, it soon ran aground and was damaged. The Russian ship Ruby with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate on board was sent to its home port in Malta. This is reported by the Swedish media SVT. We will remind, the ship…
Russia has suspended Novatek’s gas projects due to sanctions
Due to sanctions, Russia has suspended the operation of two Novatek gas megaprojects. The company has frozen plans to build new gas liquefaction plants, LIGA reports with reference to rosZMI. Novatek, which is the largest LNG producer in Russia, was forced to freeze two gas megaprojects due to sanctions. This applies to the Murmansk LNG…
A fire broke out in the Russian port of Azov
A fire broke out in the port of Azov, located in the Rostov region of Russia, on the evening of Sunday, September 22. Currently, the cause of the fire in the port of Azov is not known, Gospodarka Morska. It is also known that residents of the Western district in Rostov and the Azov district…
European ports refuse to accept a damaged Russian vessel with an explosive cargo
Fears are growing due to the fact that there are 20 thousand tons of ammonium nitrate on board the Russian vessel. Northern European countries refuse to accept the cargo vessel “Ruby”, which left the Murmansk region of Russia, in their ports. Tagesschau writes about it. The ship “Ruby” was loaded on August 22 with explosive…
