In the “shadow fleet” we had a very interesting discussion this week with a number of European partners. The situation is approximately such that about half of the sanctions of the European Union of Tankers still retain the opportunity to carry oil from Russia to India and China. If the same tankers are under sanctions even in the USA and the UK, then the share of successful trips decreases to about 15%, ”he said.
The Presidential Presidential Policy authorized that it is important to synchronize lists between partners in new sanctions packages, as well as additionally limit the movement of the tanker fleet.
“We really want them to go further for the captains of the Sudden of their fleet. Why? Because it seems to us when individual consequences for people come-this is a completely different story, which is simply sanctioned. Therefore, in general, such areas of training in the 18th sanctioned bag. [Евросоюза]”, – said Vlasuk.
He noted that there are different options on how to authorize.
“The main thing for us is that the pressure intensifies, and it is also very important that the pressure of other partners also synchronously intensifies,” Vlasuk emphasized.
Context
After the first sanctions against the Russian Federation, as noted by Reuters, Russian oil industry workers had difficulties with the search for tankers for transportation. But Russia, as the Western media wrote, found ways to circumvent sanctions. In particular, she translated her oil tankers registered in Liberia and Marshall Islands, under the flag of Gabon (before that, the USA, the EU and the UK The island of liability for violation of the sanctions regime warned Liberia and the Marshalls of the island)as well as secretly overloaded oil from suction tankers to other vessels.
As of December 12, 2024, Ukrainian intelligence identified 238 of the “shadow fleet” of the Russian Federation, which the invaders use to circumvent price restrictions.
Sanctions against the vessels transporting Russian oil were introduced by the European Union, the UK and the United States.
On February 5, the sanctions against the captains of the “shadow fleet” of the Russian Federation were introduced for 10 years Ukraine.
