USA is chasing Putin's ailing ghost fleet - pressure on Russia is growing. The USA has now blacklisted 14 tankers belonging to the Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot.
The sanctions could also massively restrict opportunities for oil trading and sanctions evasion. “Russia's industrial-scale sanctions evasion program is becoming increasingly sophisticated and complicated,” shipping experts warned in December 2023. This looks as if Putin will set his priorities so far so far away from his 'dark fleet'