Germany Tows Drifting Russian Tanker Loaded With 100,000 Tonnes Of Oil To Safer Waters

The 248 m long tanker Eventin, registered in Panama was found drifting in the Baltic Sea, north of the Rugen Island, off the German coast, per media reports.

The 18-year-old tanker is claimed to be a part of the Russian shadow fleet, which consists of hundreds of ageing tankers, that Moscow is using to evade Western sanctions and transport its energy supplies across the globe.

The sanctions were put in place as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine so that the benefits from the oil exports cannot be utilised to keep its war ma

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