The vessel, currently docked in Marseille after being intercepted by the French navy in the Mediterranean Sea, is thought to be part of a maritime network Russia uses to evade sanctions over its war in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that French and allied naval personnel searched and diverted an alleged vessel of a Russian shadow fleet operating to evade Western…

French President Emmanuel Macron says vessel subject to international sanctions, suspected of 'flying false flag'.