On Tuesday evening, residents of Sochi reported a fire at sea near the city; according to MarineTraffic, the only vessel currently in this area is the AFRAMAX RIO tanker, and its coordinates match the fire location. In eyewitness video, a large column of smoke is visible over the sea, and in footage from the start of the fire — the burning tanker.

#AFRAMAXRIO #MarineTraffic #Liberia #Sochi #shadowfleet #Ukraine

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Great Britain expanded the sanctions list by including 23 individuals and legal entities, as well as vessels of the Russian «shadow fleet». This was reported by the UK Foreign Office.

#AdmiralKasatonov #ArcticLNG2 #UnitedKingdom #VladimirPutin #Novatek #shadowfleet

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From January 2025 to June 2026, Russia reflagged 107 vessels linked to the «shadow fleet» under its own flag. 72 of them transported fossil fuels worth €7.5 billion to the global market, according to a study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

#IntershippingServicesLLC #EuropeanCommission #Italy #Libya #Russia #shadowfleet

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed the law on «hellish sanctions» against Russia on Friday, September 18. The law also took effect on that date. But are these sanctions really so terrible? Or is this just another declaration of intent without an effective enforcement mechanism?

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The European Union will hold a series of meetings in the coming weeks to discuss new restrictive measures against Russia, Bloomberg writes. Options include limiting tourist visas, tightening rules for Russian diplomats, and sanctions against «shadow fleet» vessels.

#Germany #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #KajaKallas #Russia #shadowfleet

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First came the nighttime abduction of the friendly Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, then the boarding of two «shadow» tankers in the Atlantic, and now the announcement of «bone-crushing» sanctions that Congress had postponed all of last year. It seems incredible that less than two weeks ago, pro-government media in Russia were seriously anticipating a rapprochement between Moscow and Washington and predicting diplomatic isolation for Kyiv. The «spirit of Anchorage,» which Kremlin propaganda so eagerly inhaled last autumn, has completely dissipated by winter.

#Analytics #Venezuela #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #acrisis #NicolasMaduro #Russia #USA #shadowfleet

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So, the meeting between Donald Trump and turned out to be brief, meaningless, and strange. There will be no ceasefire on the Russian-Ukrainian front; the war will continue. Until a peace agreement is reached or indefinitely – it’s anyone’s guess. But even if Russia has enough soldiers and weapons to keep fighting, will it have enough resources to maintain economic stability for as long?

#Alaska #WarinUkraine #militaryindustrialcomplex #India #China #Taxation #oil #Putin #Russia #sanctions #USA #shadowfleet #Trump #finance

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