The Kremlin spent $ 10 billion on a shadow fleet: GUR was told why the Russian Federation is outdated vessels

"Currently, the Russian shadow fleet has up to 1000 units of mostly outdated ships (more than 100 million tonnes totaling)," Gur reported. It is noted that in 2023 it was only about about 600 units. According to intelligence, most of the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation registered under the flags of Panama, Gabon, Cook Islands, Liberia, Marshall Islands and more. The owners are registered in the PRC, India, Marshalli Islands, the Seychelles, the UAE, Greece and several other countries.

Transporting companies are located in the UAE, Greece, China, Turkey and the Seychelles. However, this masking of secret ships did not end. Suders are often changed registration and name to complicate their identification. The vessels in question are tankers and help the Russian Federation in the trading of oil bypassing sanctions.

According to GUR, after the introduction of a limit of hostile oil prices in December 2022, the aggressor country spent more than $ 10 billion on the purchase of tankers. "These vessels provide exports of about 70% of Russian crude oil and oil products transported by sea," the department said. In the offshore area, oil is restarted to other tankers to hide routes. In addition, in some sections of the path, the Russians turn off the automated identification system (AIS).

To prevent the origin of oil, it is mixed with other varieties. Russian oil has demand, some countries, an example of China, India and Turkey, interested in importing fossils for the processing and export of finished petroleum products to foreign markets. It is important that the sale of petroleum products made from Russian oil is not forbidden.

In early January, the United States imposed new sanctions against the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation, namely against 183 its tankers and a number of insurance companies. The main buyers, which are India and China, have stopped taking sub -vessels. GUR reported that exports of Russian oil in the short term were expected by 15%. In addition, Russia will have to make a higher discount on oil for buyers and reduce the targets for production.

However, US sanctions have affected only some of the secret vessels. In intelligence, they explained that to overlap the scheme you need to find a mechanism to: Recall that Defense Express reported that Germany has developed a unique anti -aircraft missile for Idas submarines, which allows the submarines to defend themselves against protovine aviation. Russia worked on similar projects, but they were rotating.