From Wagner to GRU, Russian Military Men Are Manning Moscow’s Shadow Fleet (www.occrp.org)
from AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 10 Mar 13:57
https://sh.itjust.works/post/56572005

Key Findings

•Crew lists obtained by reporters show that tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil have been regularly departing the country’s Baltic Sea ports with a pair of extra Russian crewmen.

•More than a dozen of these men were found to have links to Russian security organizations including the Wagner Group, paratrooper units, and Russia’s foreign intelligence service.

•European intelligence officers say these covert “vessel protection teams” have been deployed to deter authorities in the Baltic Sea from boarding or seizing the sanctioned ships.

•Russia relies heavily on the Baltic route to transport oil that remains a key income stream for its wartime economy despite Western sanctions.

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