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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.
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.
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.
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.
Andrii Klymenko: "The Shadow Fleet and Price Ceiling are Myths Contrived by the US for its Own Convenience"
20 February 2025
Andrii Klymenko, Head of the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, talks about how to weaken Russia's financial capacity to wage an aggressive war; the fact that Russian oil is not really sanctioned; the shadow fleet and the possibility of shutting down the Baltic Sea to tankers with Russian “blood oil”; and the urgency of imposing a complete embargo on all trade with Russia.
Russian Black Sea Ports Oil Product Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of January 2025 Violations
13 February 2025
In January 2025, 19 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) from the Black Sea were recorded. 16 of violations involved the delivery of petroleum products to a transshipment points off the coasts of Greece, Romania and Cyprus. 3 direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries. In January 2025, 682.842 tons of Russian petroleum products were delivered in violation of the embargo.
Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of January 2025 Violations
12 February 2025
In January 2025, 6 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded. One was involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece. Five direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries. In January 2025, a total of 766.315 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo.
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.
Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo Through the Russian Baltic Sea Ports: Database of January 2025 Violations
10 February 2025
In January 2025, 4 violations (484.599 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Baltic Sea were recorded. The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in the following countries: Greece, Seychelles and Turkey.
Maritime Exports of Russian Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Through its Black Sea Ports: January 2025 Database
06 February 2025
In January 2025, 242 violations of the export of Russian crude oil and petroleum products from the Black Sea were recorded. 15.5 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.
The Problem of Assessing Russia's Economic Capacity to Wage War Under Sanctions. Part 6
21 January 2025
Extremely important political conclusions are made on the basis of the Russian official statistics and with the use of classical methods of peacetime economic and social analysis under the conditions of deliberate disinformation campaigns waged by Russia, which are intended to lead to such conclusions. Note that the BSISS conclusions had been drawn, but not yet published, a few days prior to the recent crash of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet at Antalya Airport, Turkey.
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.
Russia is developing a new strategy to increase security risks in the Black Sea in response to the defeat of the Black Sea Fleet. Part 4
17 January 2025
The situation in the Black Sea in the coming year will remain volatile with a tendency towards increased military risks. This will amplify the risks to the EU countries in the Black Sea – Romania and Bulgaria – as well as to Moldova and Turkey. Over the years of the Crimean Peninsula occupation, Russia has established a powerful land force there, including modern missile and aviation branches of its armed forces, with a developed logistics infrastructure for supplying troops, including through transport links with the Russian mainland – both via sea vessels and the so-called Crimean Bridge.
Russian Black Sea Ports Oil Product Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of December 2024 Violations
16 January 2025
In December 2024, 22 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) from the Black Sea were recorded. 20 of violations involved the delivery of petroleum products to a transshipment points off the coasts of Greece, Italy and Romania. 2 direct voyages were made to the ports of the EU countries and the US. In December 2024, 923.547 tons of Russian petroleum products were delivered in violation of the embargo.