Russian Oil Tankers Still Under Construction Included in U.S. Sanctions
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Six Russian oil tankers still under construction by Russia’s Zvezda shipyard were included in U.S. sanctions imposed last week, the first time Washington is known to have banned tankers before they even set sail, much less carried sanctioned cargo.
The sanctions imposed last week caused a spike in the price of oil and a surge in the cost of tanker shipping, as the outgoing Biden administration took steps to damage Russia’s oil exports and hinder attempts by Moscow to build its own fleet.
A Reuters review of the measures found that the six tankers under construction at Zvezda were among 183 vessels hit. They include the Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Alexander Beggrov, the Alexey Bogolyubov and three yet to be named: Zvezda 131080, Zvezda 131060 and Zvezda 131040.
Russia’s Sovcomflot is the buyer of the Alexander Beggrov and the Alexey Bogolyubov, according to the sanctions’ text, while Rosneft’s shipping arm Rosnefteflot is the buyer of the other four. Both buyers are also under U.S. sanctions.
(Reporting by Reuters in MOSCOW and Gleb Stolyarov in TBILISI, additional reporting by Timothy Gardner in WASHINGTON Editing by Peter Graff)
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Our government is tightening down even further on Russia and how it gets money to continue the Ukraine war. The shipyard building these ships is also under US Sanctions. Go get 'em Joe!
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