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The growing threat from Russia’s shadow fleet
European countries worry that the sanctions-busting ‘ghost ships’ are now being deployed in grey-zone disruptions.
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The tanker Boracay from Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" suspected of being involved in drone flights over Denmark is seen off the coast of the western France port of Saint-Nazaire on Oct 1.
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Is it called the Pushpa, Kiwala or the Boracay? Which country owns it? And what is it doing here? These are the questions that prompted the French authorities on Oct 1 to order their military to board and seize a large oil tanker sailing near France’s territorial waters.
“There were some very serious offences committed by (the ship’s) crew, which justify the current judicial procedure,” French President Emmanuel Macron explained soon after the tanker was boarded.
