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Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of February 2025 Violations
12 March 2025
In February 2025, 7 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded. Three were involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece and near Romania. Four direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries. In February 2024, a total of 736.771 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo.
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Russian Black Sea Ports Oil Product Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of February 2025 Violations
11 March 2025
In February 2025, 10 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) from the Black Sea were recorded. 7 of violations involved the delivery of petroleum products to a transshipment points off the coasts of Greece and Romania. 3 direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries. In February 2025, 376.721 tons of Russian petroleum products were delivered in violation of the embargo.
Maritime Exports of Russian Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Through its Black Sea Ports: February 2025 Database
05 March 2025
In February 2025, 181 violations of the export of Russian crude oil and petroleum products from the Black Sea were recorded. 12.9 mln tons of Russian crude oil, Kazakh crude oil by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and petroleum products were delivered through the Russian ports of the Black Sea.
Russian Blood-Soaked Export
Andriy Klymenko: «La “flotte fantôme russe“ est un mythe inventé par commodité»
24 February 2025
Andriy Klymenko est le chef du groupe de surveillance de l’Institut d’études stratégiques de la mer Noire et le rédacteur en chef du portail BlackSeaNews. Tyzhden s’est entretenu avec lui au sujet de la flotte fantôme russe, de l’efficacité des sanctions et des perspectives de limiter le trafic pétrolier russe en mer Baltique.
Militarization of the Black Sea
Ukrainian Black Sea Corridor as Russia's Key Military Target. Part 5
21 January 2025
The incomparably more successful operation of the Ukrainian maritime corridor to the three ports of Greater Odesa – Chornomorsk, Odesa, and Pivdennyi – than that of the Black Sea Grain Initiative under the auspices of the UN, Turkey, and the Russian Federation pushes Russia to raise the question of resuming the terminated grain deal (with Russia's participation in cargo control) during any negotiations with Turkish officials. Notably, that position is echoed by the UN Secretariat officials.
Crimea Under Occupation
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January 2025
10 February 2025
In January 2025, for attacks from Crimea on the Ukrainian regions the Russian Armed Forces used no less than 4 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles from ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 8 Iskander-type ballistic missiles, 573 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs launched simultaneously from Crimea and Russian regions, 68 reconnaissance UAVs of various types.
Databases
Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of January 2025 Violations
22 February 2025
In January 2025, 4 violations (180.393 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) to the transshipment points and EU/US ports from the Baltic Sea were recorded. The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in the following countries: Greece, Turkey, Singapore and Croatia.
