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France investigates Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker anchored off coast

An oil tanker sails off the port of Saint-Nazaire, in western France, on 10 March 2016. AFP - LOIC VENANCE

France has opened an investigation into a Russian-linked oil tanker anchored off Saint-Nazaire on the Atlantic coast. The vessel is suspected of being part of Moscow’s “shadow fleet” and has been named in Denmark’s inquiry into mystery drone flights that disrupted air traffic last month.

The 244-metre tanker, called Boracay but also known as Pushpa and Kiwala, has been anchored near French territorial waters off the Saint-Nazaire wind farm for several days.

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