Sanctions

A court in Germany has ruled that the Dilbar superyacht, linked to the family of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, is no longer considered frozen under the EU sanctions regime.

The head of the Spanish port of Bilbao, one of Europe’s main gas import hubs, has called for a postponement of a ban on Russian gas.

The bulk carrier Grumant unloaded more than 17 thousand tons of wheat loaded in the Turkish port of Iskenderun, loaded in the occupied Sevastopol.

Instead of destroying ships, the new drones will escort them to ports for further seizure of cargo.

The US Treasury Department has removed two Russian dry cargo ships from its sanctions list, the “Gennady Yegorov” and the “Vyacheslav Arshinov”.

EU leaders at a summit in Brussels agreed to extend the current sanctions against Russia for a year instead of the traditional six months.

Canada has imposed new sanctions on Russian “shadow fleet” tankers, as well as on the energy and military-industrial complex.

The UK has announced a new package of sanctions against Russian “shadow fleet” vessels and military suppliers.

After the tanker was detained in the English Channel, other vessels of the “shadow fleet” began to turn around and change routes.

Without certification, vessels cannot obtain insurance and access to ports — the total tonnage of the vessels removed is about 13 million gross tons.