The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

War in Ukraine: How Russia continues to ship its oil around the world

2022-05-13T13:31:03.997Z


SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE - European ports are considered officially closed to Russian ships. Only exceptional transport is authorized. The reality, however, is quite different. The oil trade, for example, has again become as flourishing as before the outbreak of the war....


By Daniel Wetzel

(Die Welt)

To discover

  • LIVE - War in Ukraine: follow the evolution of the conflict minute by minute

  • Follow information on the war in Ukraine with the Figaro application

By announcing its fifth package of sanctions on April 8, the EU seemed to have definitively plunged the Russian war economy into turmoil: the European Union has in fact decided that the 2,873 ships of the Russian commercial fleet could no longer stopover in European ports.

Read alsoWhy, despite the war between Russia and Ukraine, the gas trade continues

Some exceptions were still possible for Member States, for example with regard to foodstuffs, medical transport or energy imports.

 Member States 

”, had however recalled the European Commission, should only grant these exceptions “

 in a limited way and interpret them strictly 

”.

Almost unhindered oil transport

Four weeks have passed since the adoption of these measures and one cannot really speak of a strict interpretation of the sanctions regime: indeed, the oil of the Russian energy multinationals Rosneft and Lukoil, in particular, continues to pass through the European ports without any…

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 87% left to discover.

Freedom has no borders, like your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for 1€ the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2022-05-13

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.