US EditionFrance Forced to Release Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker Due to Legal Restrictions
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French President Emmanuel Macron during a telephone conversation on January 29 explained to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that France is forced to release a detained Russian tanker of the so-called “shadow fleet” due to the requirements of national legislation.
On 22 January, the French Navy docked a ship registered in the Comoros. This tanker, under penalty, is suspected of being part of the Russian ghost fleet. You are shown in pictures how Europe fights against this fleet, to counter the Russian war effort in UkraineDoes France have the right to board a ship in the open sea? According to Article 110 of the Montego Bay Convention – United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – a country …
“Russia will use all means at its disposal to protect its tankers sailing in international waters,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced on January 30. Moscow issued the warning after the United States and France both detained an oil tanker sailing in international waters in recent weeks.
French President Emmanuel Macron told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that French law would force him to release the detained tanker Grinch, which is part of Russia's "shadow fleet." France has already released the ship's captain. Macron wants to change the law to prevent such situations from happening.
Macron promised to reform French law so that Russian tank vessels detained would continue to be arrested in France.
France has released a recently seized tanker belonging to the Russian "shadow fleet." Paris separately informed Kyiv of this, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing the French newspaper Le Monde. The newspaper reports that French President Emmanuel Macron, during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on January 29, informed him that the country's authorities were forced to allow the tanker Grinch to return to sea. The oil tanker, s…
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