Der Spiegel: Germany has confiscated Russian oil tanker in the shadow of Russia
A German magazine revealed that Berlin officials have seized a worn -out tanker on the northern coast of the country last January because it belonged to the “shadow” fleet of Russia with the aim of bypassing oil sanctions.
According to RCO News Agency, the German Der Spiegel News Magazine reported today (Friday) that the ship, Eventin, had a Panama flag after being found by German offshore officials near the Baltic Sea island and prompted Berlin to blame Moscow.
According to Der Spiegel, following the issuance of the oil tanker’s order, Berlin seized it, along with its € 5m oil cargo, which is estimated at around € 5 million ($ 1.2 million) and is part of its own property.
Reuters, a Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said in response to a question from the news agency that Moscow had no information about the ship and its owner’s knowledge or its reasons for its seizure.
During the 16th closed of its sanctions against Russia, which was imposed on the Ukrainian war in February, it has also sanctioned the Ovantine tanker, according to the EU.
European officials have claimed the aim of approved the package of double pressure on the “shadow of the fleet” of Russia (ships for oil transfers, weapons and cereals bypassing sanctions).
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