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TexasTowelie

(118,098 posts) Mon Jan 20, 2025, 02:59 PM 6 hrs ago

Russia's stealth oil ships: How Moscow dodges sanctions - DW News

Can anyone stop Russia's shadow-fleet -- the rag-tag collection of ships quietly moving oil around the world in spite of Western sanctions. The US and UK are trying -- they've now blacklisted 183 vessels that they say belong to the fleet. But will that work? And could it finally start sapping Moscow's oil revenues, with which it funds its war with Ukraine?

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Russia's stealth oil ships: How Moscow dodges sanctions - DW News (Original Post) TexasTowelie 6 hrs ago OP

Letter of Marque still exist. Buzz cook 4 hrs ago #1

Sounds like time to regulate all oil shipments IbogaProject 4 hrs ago #2

Buzz cook

(2,644 posts)

1. Letter of Marque still exist.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 04:43 PM

4 hrs ago

Ukraine could issue some and privateers could grab some Russian oil tankers.
Heck a few of those Russian mega yachts that have been seized could be armed and put into service.

IbogaProject

(3,921 posts)

2. Sounds like time to regulate all oil shipments

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 05:00 PM

4 hrs ago

On our way to banning transnational petroleum shipments.

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