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Russia is pouring oil from tankers under foreign flags. So the Russians manage t...

The Russian Federation finds loopholes: Britain imported oil by over 200 million pounds - The Times

Russia is pouring oil from tankers under foreign flags. So the Russians manage to bypass the prohibitions on the supply of products. Despite the restriction of oil supply from Russia to the UK, the United Kingdom imported products by hundreds of millions of pounds. About it reports The Times. In Russia, loopholes were found in British restrictions on oil supply. The Russian ship "Manner III" of almost 200,000 barrels of oil in the holds in May was in the Mediterranean.

After 5 days in the sea, the tanker crawled to the Greek ship Marinoula, who pumped all the oil. It took 36 hours. After that, the Greek tanker went to the British Lincolnshire. And on June 6, the port unloaded 250 thousand barrels of oil. According to official British data, the United Kingdom did not receive Russian oil in June or July. The supply was in line with the British protocols because it was considered imports from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The publication emphasizes that this situation is only one of the 39 recorded cases where Russian oil has been "anonymous". In total, from March, oil for the total amount of £ 778 million arrived in the UK, of which some came from June to July. This situation has become possible because of the features of the National Statistics Office. The British take into account the sender country, not the oil production country.

The publication also noted that the ban on importing Russian oil to Britain will come into force on December 5. Now companies carry only reputational risks, codes import Russian oil. Russian oil ships on board leave Russian ports. Then they turn off the transponders. In the sea, they collide with vessels under foreign flags. After that, they pump their products. At the same time, a real number of such frauds cannot be installed.