The Council of the European Union has announced new restrictive measures against 41 vessels that, according to the EU, are part of Russia's so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers. These measures are aimed at further reducing Moscow's revenues from energy exports obtained by circumventing the oil price cap mechanism. According...
«Weapons of influence»: Russia’s ship registers, the «Shadow Fleet», and the role of third countries in enabling russian aggression
When in the spring of 2022, after the start of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the activities of one of the key instruments of the Kremlin's global influence, the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS), faced a wave of sanctions, it seemed not only a natural situation, but also...