Restrictions against Russia’s “shadow” fleet have proven quite effective. Frequent detentions of vessels and the risk of secondary sanctions against countries that provided their registration played a key role. This forced these jurisdictions to begin revoking the registration of tankers involved in the transportation of sanctioned Russian oil. As a...
The European Union has imposed sanctions on another 41 tankers belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet”
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...