According to the Marinetraffic vessel tracking service, Fesco Moneron is now located off the coast of Russian Magadan, Fesco Magadan is further south, near Japan, and Sv.Nikolay is in the waters occupied by the aggressor country in the Sea of Azov.
Container ships were included in the sanctions lists as part of restrictions against Promsvyazbank, which works with the Russian Ministry of Defense, writes “Important Stories”. Today they are owned by a company associated with the logistics operator Fesco. Probably, the withdrawal from sanctions is related to this, suggested “Important Stories”.
Sv.Nikolay was subject to secondary sanctions for its connection with the Alfa-Leasing company, owned by Alfa-Bank. Now this cargo ship belongs to the Russian shipping company Riversea Plus, writes Radio Liberty“.
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The US Treasury introduced sanctions against the Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil on October 22, 2025. US President Donald Trump explained these restrictions in the hope that they will encourage illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin for peace talks in Ukraine.
On March 6, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that India received sanctions relief during the war in Iran. On the same day, he informed that the United States was considering the possibility of lifting sanctions on the oil of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation.
