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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer Russian affairs reporter

Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers grows despite western sanctions

An oil tanker at sunrise
Russia has invested at least $10bn into the shadow fleet since early 2022, according to estimates. Photograph: ClassicStock/Alamy

Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers is expanding, according to research, transporting up to 70% of the country’s seaborne oil despite western efforts to curb Moscow’s wartime energy revenues.

The volume of Russian oil being transported by poorly maintained and underinsured tankers has almost doubled in a year to 4.1m barrels a day by June, according to a report published on Monday by the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE).

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