Paris, France, Jan 25, 2026 (AFP) - What is Russia's 'shadow fleet' and how does it work?

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France's interception of an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's "shadow fleet" draws attention to how the vessels allegedly operate in order to escape Western sanctions. - What is the 'shadow fleet'? - Russia has reportedly built up a flotilla of old oil tankers of opaque ownership to get around sanctions imposed by the European Union, United States and the G7 group of nations over Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine that started in......

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