#SHADOW FLEET

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Germany ‘confiscates’ Russian ‘shadow tanker’ off Baltic coast with oil worth €40 million

Germany has confiscated a decrepit tanker found adrift off its northern coast in January, believed to be part of a shadow fleet used by Russia to circumvent oil sanctions, Der Spiegel news magazine reported on Friday, citing security sources.

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Western countries agree to ‘disrupt’ Russia's ‘shadow fleet’

Twelve Western countries have agreed on measures to “disrupt and deter” Russia's so-called shadow fleet of vessels to prevent sanctions breaches and increase the cost to Moscow of the war in Ukraine, Estonia's government said on Monday.