Earlier in the month, Britain extended sanctions to 10 more ships within
Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet,’ which allegedly employs illicit practices to
skirt Western-imposed restrictions on Russian oil. This marks a continuing effort by the UK to counteract tactics used
by Russia to avoid limitations and sustain its oil exports.
Russia has consistently
dismissed Western efforts to curtail its oil exports, leading to an uptick in
unregulated and uninsured tanker activities, as revealed over the past year.