shadow fleet

Activists are calling on Stockholm to take more decisive action, as the Russian “shadow fleet” not only finances the war, but also threatens the ecology of the Baltic Sea.

The prime ministers of Ukraine and Albania discussed sanctions pressure on Russia, defense cooperation, and countering the Kremlin’s illegal schemes at sea.

On Sunday, February 9, an accident occurred on board the tanker Koala in the Russian port of Ust-Luga – the ship is likely part of the Russian shadow fleet.

Brussels is looking for legal mechanisms to punish ships that violate the law, which threaten critical underwater infrastructure.

Ukraine has imposed sanctions against the Russian “shadow fleet”.

Since the introduction of the price limit for Russian oil, Moscow has spent more than $10 billion on the ships of the “shadow fleet”.

After the Volgoneft tanker accident in December 2024, seven more similar vessels followed the same route. A day after the tanker accident in the Kerch Strait, the Volgoneft-141 vessel reloaded more than 4,000 tons of fuel oil onto a storage tanker in the Kavkaz port, despite the current ban on entering the open sea. This…

The European Union is considering a new package of sanctions that includes a gradual ban on imports of Russian aluminum and other restrictions.

A representative of the 2Rivers company (formerly Coral), which is considered one of the key players in the activities of the so-called shadow fleet of the Russian Federation, is seeking meetings with the administration of the new US president.

Panama and Barbados will strip more than a hundred tankers of Russia’s shadow fleet of their flags.