Ukraine war briefing: Sanctions to strike at Putin’s oil ‘shadow fleet’
Among the new UK sanctions are its first on vessels in Putin’s so-called shadow fleet, used by the Kremlin to circumvent western curbs on its oil exports. They also target suppliers of munitions, machine tools, microelectronics, and logistics to Russia’s military. Those suppliers include entities based in China, Israel, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey, along with ships transporting military goods from North Korea to Russia.The Financial Times reports that the UK “shadow fleet” sanctions cover the large Russian insurer Ingosstrakh as well asindividual tankers including one called the Canis Power. More details of the sanctions package are included in thegovernment announcement.
China is pissed ......but who really cares !
trolls here have been laughing at sanctions ...... the russ stock exchange and banks weren't laughing ......putin and Xi certainly aren't either ..... a little taste for Xi of what's in store if he ever decided to invade Taiwan .
