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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UK and Finland discuss further efforts to stop Russia’s shadow oil fleet

A Russian crude oil tanker in the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Houses fill the hillside behind
A Russian crude oil tanker, NS Creation, transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Photograph: Yoruk Isik/Reuters

Britain and Finland are discussing plans to require third parties to do more to block the Russian shadow oil tanker fleet operating in the Baltic and the Channel, the Finnish foreign minister has said.

The waters around Finland act as a key choke point for the estimated 100 Russian-bought oil tankers that navigate the Baltic monthly using opaque ownership structures to carry 90m tonnes of oil.

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