The West and Ukraine are capsizing Russia’s shadow fleet
ON JANUARY 22ND the Grinch was sailing in international waters off Spain when two helicopters from the French navy hovered overhead. Soldiers burst into the cabin, searched the ship and rerouted her to a port near Marseille, where she is now moored under guard. The Grinch was under sanctions, flying a false Comorian flag and carrying 730,000 barrels of Russian oil. It is one of at least five slippery vessels to land in Western nets this month.
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