By Andrius Sytas
TALLINN (Reuters) – Twelve Western international locations have agreed measures to “disrupt and deter” Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of vessels with a view to stop sanctions breaches and improve the fee to Moscow of the warfare in Ukraine, Estonia’s authorities mentioned on Monday.
The measures had been agreed by Germany, Britain, Poland, the Netherlands, the 5 Nordic nations and the three Baltic states, mentioned Estonia, the place leaders of the 10-nation Joint Expeditionary Force had been resulting from meet on Tuesday.
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Western nations have slapped sanctions on a variety of ships they are saying are utilized by Moscow to keep away from restrictions on the export of Russian oil and different cargoes. Vessels within the shadow fleet usually are not regulated or insured by standard Western suppliers.
“We are taking concerted steps to discourage Russia’s shadow fleet and keep away from makes an attempt to evade sanctions,” Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal mentioned in a press release.
Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Finland and Estonia will start to examine insurance coverage paperwork of ships below suspicion passing via the English Channel, Danish straits, the Gulf of Finland and the sound between Sweden and Denmark, he added.
(Reporting by Andrius Sytas, modifying by Terje Solsvik and Ros Russell)
