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The EU has lowered the price “cap” for oil from Russia to less than $50 per barrel
On September 3, a new restriction on Russian oil came into effect in the European Union: the price “ceiling” was lowered from $60 to $47.6 per barrel.
Salary debts and a broken GPS: a Russian tanker was detained in the port of Murmansk
In the port of Murmansk, due to complaints from Russian sailors, the tanker Unity under the flag of Lesotho, which is part of the so-called “shadow fleet” of Russia, was detained.
In three years, Spain has almost completely abandoned Russian gas
The country is gradually abandoning its energy dependence on Russia, increasing supplies from the USA, Nigeria and Angola.
Russian oil companies’ profits have collapsed
The main reasons were the decline in world oil prices and the strengthening of the ruble.
Russians scrapped ship that stole grain
The “Kapitan Mironov” vessel (IMO:9077563), which stole grain from ports in the temporarily occupied territories, was sent for scrapping to Turkey. This was reported by Kateryna Yaresko, a journalist for the SeaKrime project of the Peacemaker Center. According to her, the dry cargo ship Kapitan Mironov, built in 1995, was scrapped in the Turkish port…
Lithuania calls on EU to seize Russian assets and tighten sanctions against Rosneft and shadow fleet
The country is proposing several legal mechanisms to launch this process and considers further delay unacceptable.
Germany and France have called for secondary sanctions against companies supporting Russia
Berlin and Paris are calling for tougher restrictions to cut off Moscow’s access to financing the war through third-party intermediaries.
Diaspora calls on Australian government to ban imports of fuel made from Russian oil
The Australian government has once again received an appeal from the Union of Ukrainian Organizations demanding that it close a loophole in sanctions that allows the import of fuel produced from Russian oil.
A gas tanker carrying Russian LNG arrived in China for the first time
A gas tanker carrying LNG from a Russian export plant under U.S. sanctions has docked in China for the first time.
Russian port of Ust-Luga to operate at half capacity in September due to shelling, media reports
Successful attacks by Ukrainian drones on Russian oil and gas infrastructure have caused a drop in export volumes from the port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea.
