Russia has reportedly built up a flotilla of old oil tankers of opaque ownership to get around sanctions imposed by the European Union over Moscow's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. #EuropeNews
By Gavin Blackburn & Serge Duchêne
Published on
01/06/2026 - 8:44 GMT+2
France and its allies detained a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic over the weekend, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
The Tagor was detained on Sunday morning in international waters with the help of the United Kingdom and other partners, he said in a social media post.
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