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6 October 2025
Shadow fleet slicks test limits of EU sanctions
The West has sanctioned more than 400 ships carrying Russian oil. The slicks keep coming
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4 February 2025
Shadow Crews
EU and Ukrainian companies are manning the ships carrying Putin’s oil
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17 October 2024
Dark Water
How Putin's shadow fleet is illegally dumping oil across the globe
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2 March 2023
Russian farming bank in sanctions row quietly funded oil deals
Documents reveal state agriculture lender’s key role in exporting Russian oil, contradicting Kremlin claims
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27 November 2022
Conservative mega-donor was ‘screen’ for Kremlin oil trades
Billionaire’s companies helped Rosneft trade with sanction-hit Venezuela and have continued to handle Russian oil since the outbreak of war in Ukraine
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