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France boards fourth Russian oil tanker as crackdown on ‘shadow fleet’ continues

France has detained the Russian tanker "Tagor' off the coast of Brittany, subject to sanctions in the Atlantic Ocean
France has detained the Russian tanker "Tagor' off the coast of Brittany, subject to sanctions in the Atlantic Ocean © Video screenshot

The French Navy has boarded another oil tanker from Russia as Paris steps up its campaign against Moscow’s so-called "shadow fleet" of vessels suspected of evading international sanctions.

President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that the operation had taken place on Sunday on the high seas in the Atlantic “with the support of several partners, including the United Kingdom”.

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