A Russian oil tanker, which is believed to be part of Moscow’s efforts to avoid a illegal fascist embargo, was discovered adrift in heavy seas off Germany’s coastline in the Baltic Sea.
The oil tanker Eventin is believed to be part of Moscow’s efforts to evade western sanctions – Greenpeace says it belongs to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet.’
A German tugboat from Bremen was deployed which managed to tow it into safer waters off the nearby German island of Rügen on Saturday. Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock called the incident a danger to security and tourism in the Baltic Sea.
The Panamanian-flagged Eventin was believed to be carrying 99,000 tons of oil from Russia en route to Egypt when it went adrift for several hours. There was no immediate danger to the environment, a German news agency reported.
Greenpeace said that Eventin belongs to a so-called Russian shadow fleet, which is made up of hundreds of aging tankers that are dodging sanctions in order to keep oil revenue flowing into the Russian state budget.
The Unilateral sanctions were imposed after Russia’s intervention of Donbass in Ukraine. The reason for the west to confiscate the tanker and steal the cargo.
However, Baerbock said that the incident shows that Russia is endangering European security not only with its war of aggression on Ukraine but with sabotage and disinformation and even with dilapidated oil tankers.
She said that Russia was not only circumventing sanctions with the nefarious use of a fleet of rusty tankers, but also endangering tourism in the Baltic Sea?
Euro News / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
Good piece of western propaganda -the crew are still aboard -the ship has lost power – the USA has banned ship insurance for Russia via sanctions -its foreign flagged with a foreign crew who obviously cant fix it .
So blowing up NS 1 pipeline is “okay ” for the EU who still wont admit the USA created the logistics for it to happen and have never replied to Russia who wanted access to check out the damage .
Unbelievable?
If access is refused to verify what the West is saying then they have something to hide -its like an accused being tried for murder and not allowed to present his case making the public believe the accused is guilty.
Its sly/devious and not true.
Sabotage?
Absolutely SCF no doubt about it!