Russia

India will not buy gas from the sub-sanctioned project “Arctic LNG 2”
India’s Ministry of Oil and Gas has said it does not buy any sanctioned goods. In particular, we are talking about gas from the Russian Arctic LNG 2 project. This is reported by Reuters. “We will not be buying from Arctic LNG 2. We are not buying any sanctioned goods. We do not touch the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Russia is creating a fleet to export gas to the Arctic LNG 2 project
To create a so-called “shadow fleet” that will export LNG, a company registered in Mumbai, India, was engaged. Ocean Speedstar Solutions is legally registered at the address where photojournalist Nikhil Ganesh Ghorpade lives. Previously, he was not associated with the energy industry, writes Bloomberg. He is listed as the sole director of Ocean Speedstar in…

The Ukrainian Project Institute helped Russia restore the refinery
In Ukraine, the project institute helped Russia restore oil refineries after drone attacks. The Security Service exposed the management of the leading research and design institute of the oil profile in Kyiv in cooperation with the Russian Federation, the SBU reported. In particular, the chairman of the board, two heads of special departments, as well…

Russia earned up to $6 billion from stolen Ukrainian grain
Russia earned at least $6 billion from Ukrainian grain stolen in the temporarily occupied territories. Russia and its proxies have made at least six billion dollars in stolen grain, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture Markiyan Dmytrasevich, at least 4 million tons of grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine…

Officials of the Ukrainian holding are building a factory for ships of the Russian Federation, SBU
Officials of the Ukrainian holding are building a ship repair plant for Russian warships. The Security Service has collected evidence on the top management of the Ukrainian construction holding, which is involved in working for the enemy, the SBU reported. According to the investigation, since the beginning of the full-scale war, an organized group led…

The satellite recorded a ship carrying ballistic missiles from Iran (photo)
A Russian ship was discovered on a satellite image that was delivering ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia. This comes just a day after the US said the Russian military may have received Iran’s Fatah-360 ballistic missiles, SkyNews reported. The satellite detected a Russian-flagged cargo ship suspected of transporting ballistic missiles from Iran. It docked…