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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.

Exxon Mobil may return to Russian oil and gas project Sakhalin-1, — WSJ
The American oil giant Exxon Mobil, which withdrew from the Russian market in 2022, is considering a return.

Russia is increasing oil exports to compensate for the strikes on a number of its refineries
In August, Russia decided to increase crude oil shipments through Western ports. This was a forced step after attacks by Ukrainian drones.

Russian-flagged ship carrying stolen Ukrainian wheat heads to Turkish port
The Irkutsk vessel (IMO:9419084) loaded over 7,200 tons of Ukrainian grain in temporarily occupied Berdyansk.

India Cuts Russian Oil Purchases Under US Pressure — Bloomberg
India’s largest refiners, including Reliance Industries, plan to cut Russian oil imports by hundreds of thousands of barrels per day.