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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in Tallinn

EU ministers call for coordinated action on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in Baltic Sea

Oil tanker in the Baltic Sea
The Panama-flagged oil tanker Eventin adrift off Germany in January en route from Russia to Egypt. Photograph: Havariekommando/EPA

Calls to step up and coordinate action against the unflagged Russian “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in the Baltic Sea were made this weekend before the EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday, which is expected to impose sanctions on 180 ships.

The inclusion of those vessels would take the total number of ships under EU sanctions to 350.

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