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| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
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Vessel:description | Under the sanctions, russia has begun to build up its own shadow fleet of outdated tankers, which has no 'ties' with the G7 and the EU and can transport oil in violation of price caps. russia disguises its shadow activities at sea under the 'convenient' flags of third countries, operates at sea without proper insurance from the international club of insurers, uses complex schemes to conceal the owners of the shadow fleet, uses various deceptive tactics to conceal the origin of its cargo, creates threats to environmental safety with large-scale economic costs for coastal countries due to the growing threat of oil spills, does not use pilots to navigate difficult areas, etc. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-8f90148a4cde74c57f894c37816cec8a2b613b7e | ||||
Vessel:description | russia's 'shadow fleet' continues to provide multibillion-dollar revenues for the kremlin bypassing sanctions, disguising its activities under the flags of third countries, using complex schemes to conceal owners, and poses significant environmental threats with significant economic costs to coastal countries and/or the international community due to the outdated and inadequate insurance of shadow fleet tankers. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-8f90148a4cde74c57f894c37816cec8a2b613b7e | ||||
Vessel:description | The tanker is involved in the export of russian crude oil from russian ports in the Baltic Sea and the Pacific region to China and India, conducting dark activities at sea with the AIS signal turned off, and violating the G7 and EU oil embargo on russian oil. In particular, in May 2023, the vessel exported russian oil from the russian port of Kavkaz in the Black Sea to the EU countries (to the Laconikos Gulf, Greece) in violation of the embargo. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-8f90148a4cde74c57f894c37816cec8a2b613b7e | ||||
Vessel:description | RLRISE Moldova, a community of investigative journalists, programmers and activists from the Republic of Moldova and Romania, and the international NGO Greenpeace refer to the tanker as a shadow fleet of tankers transporting russian oil around the world and threatening the environment. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-8f90148a4cde74c57f894c37816cec8a2b613b7e | ||||
Vessel:description | Oil exports from russia are the most important source of income for the regime of the aggressor country to finance the war against Ukraine. From February 2022 to November 22, 2024, russia earned almost 546 billion euros in revenues from oil exports (69% of all revenues from fossil fuel exports). In 2023, about a third of all tax revenues in russia came from the sale of oil and gas. The tax on oil production collected by the russian federation in 2023 amounted to 8.9 trillion rubles, or 31% of total federal revenues. According to the CREA data for October 2024, russia's revenues from crude oil exported by sea amounted to 210 million euros per day, 83% of the total volume of russian marine crude oil was transported by “shadow” tankers, while tankers owned or insured in countries that impose price restrictions accounted for 17% of the total value of russian oil exported in October. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-8f90148a4cde74c57f894c37816cec8a2b613b7e | ||||
Vessel:description | On November 25, 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on a tanker in connection with the transportation of russian oil/oil products from the russian federation to a third country as part of the restrictions on the russian shadow fleet. | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-8f90148a4cde74c57f894c37816cec8a2b613b7e | ||||
Vessel:description | The vessel is certified by the Registro Italiano Navale (IACS). | ua_war_sanctions | ua-ws-8f90148a4cde74c57f894c37816cec8a2b613b7e | ||||