Maria Zakharova noted that the vessel was "allegedly flying a 'false' flag"

The French president said the operation was carried out on the high seas in the Atlantic Ocean with the support of several partners, including the UK

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…

France has detained the Russian tanker Tagor, which was sailing under a Cameroonian flag. There were 23 crew members on board and inspections are ongoing.

France announced Monday it had detained a suspected Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic over the weekend, in the latest move to crack down on Moscow's...

According to preliminary information, the captain of the Tagor tanker seized by the French Navy is a Russian citizen, the embassy in Paris said

The French navy has detained a suspected Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic, part of efforts to combat Moscow's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet."

The tanker was detained on Sunday morning in international waters with the help of Britain and other partners, said President Emmanuel Macron.

La Marine nationale a arraisonné hier matin un nouveau pétrolier sous sanctions internationales en provenance de Russie : le Tagor. Notre détermination est constante et totale.

Dmitry Peskov called Paris's actions illegal

France said on Monday that a suspected Russian oil tanker had been detained in the Atlantic over the weekend, in the latest such seizure aimed at combatting Moscow's 'shadow…

Kremlin spokesman Peskov stated that France's actions regarding the Russian tanker Tagor border on piracy and are unlawful.

According to French authorities, the Tagor was on its way from Murmansk in northwestern Russia when it was boarded

French naval forces have detained the oil tanker Tagor in the Atlantic Ocean. The vessel is under international sanctions and was traveling from Russia. — Ukrinform.

Maria Zakharova noted that the vessel was "allegedly flying a 'false' flag"

Maria Zakharova also added that the possibility of forcibly rerouting a vessel and escorting it from the high seas to a port of the warship's country is not provided for by…

The seizure is the latest evidence of France's efforts to crack down on vessels suspected of helping Russia evade sanctions imposed following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.…

Russia demands France release a tanker captain detained on false charges amid tensions over intercepted vessels linked to oil trade.

The captain of the Tagor, a tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s “ghost fleet” that was boarded in the Atlantic Ocean by the French Navy, was taken into custody on Tuesday,…

French authorities have taken into custody the Russian captain of a seized oil tanker believed to be part of Moscow's "shadow fleet," a prosecutor said Wednesday.

The tanker arrived in a harbour in Brittany on Tuesday