👉ViktorLiina, stated that they were prepared to inspect and detain foreign ships.👈 He added that they had detailed knowledge of the routes and cargo in the #Asia-#Pacific region.

The EU had recently expanded its sanctions against ships in the so-called #Russian #ShadowFleet and detained some of them for inspection. Some European governments are also considering tougher measures against ships suspected of circumventing sanctions. The commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet accused countries such

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...as the #UnitedKingdom and #France of operating a kind of shadow fleet themselves."

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However, #Russia has been anticipating this reaction at least since 2023, working on a new merchant route through the #Arctic, the #NortheastPassage.
It scored a big success in Oct. 2025, when the first containership used that route to reach the #UK.

Presently, the probably largest convoy of merchant ships ever is awaiting a...

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... #Russian #Icebreaker vessel for the final leg of this merchant fleet to #China. --So far, far away from any #Ukrainian drones or the third #GulfWar.

This could be a big change, unless...

...#Ukraine were to pull of yet another #SiberianPearlHarbor 1), either destroying that convoy or severely ending its manoeuvrability...

Cutting the economic ties with #China is of utmost importance at this...

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...point of the war:

No more oil sales and no more spare parts for the #Russia war machine and economy.

They have succeeded once, why not again?

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