Sanctions

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has called on the EU to find a coordinated approach against the Russian “shadow fleet” in the Baltic Sea.

Britain has imposed new sanctions against Russia, targeting its shadow oil fleet and suppliers of military technology.

Japan has joined the EU sanctions, increasing pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.

The US administration will push the G7 to raise import tariffs on China and India by 50-100% over their purchases of Russian oil.

Upon entering territorial waters, a standard customs and police check is likely to take place. The Russian vessel “Kapitan Yakovlev” (IMO 9077575) set course for the Spitsbergen archipelago, arriving in Barentsburg on September 11. This was reported by Kateryna Yaresko, a journalist for the SeaKrime project of the Peacekeeper Center. The Kapitan Yakovlev is under…

The restrictions should apply not only to Russian companies, but also to oil refineries in third countries, traders and intermediaries.

Berlin and Paris insist on including the Russian oil company Lukoil and its trading “subsidiary” Litasco in the 19th package of EU sanctions against Russia.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation of Russia (USC) is preparing a list of shipyards for sale, and then will coordinate it with the Russian government to sell off the enterprises.

In the new package of sanctions, the EU is also considering new measures against Russia’s “shadow fleet”, oil traders in third countries and a possible ban on reinsurance of tankers carrying Russian oil.

The market reacted to the possibility of new US and EU sanctions against Russian crude oil.