France and allies intercept suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker, Macron says
Source: EURO NEWS
France and its allies detained a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic over the weekend, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
The Tagor was detained on Sunday morning in international waters with the help of the United Kingdom and other partners, he said in a social media post.
"It is unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea, and fund the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years," he said.
Since September, France has boarded three other ships believed to belong to Russia's so-called shadow fleet.
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Russia has reportedly built up a flotilla of old oil tankers of opaque ownership to get around sanctions imposed by the European Union over Moscow's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
By Gavin Blackburn & Serge Duchêne
Published on 01/06/2026 - 8:44 GMT+2