{"id":8602,"date":"2026-01-23T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=8602"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:44:00","slug":"rosiyski-tankery-la-mansh-popry-sanktsii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/economics\/rosiyski-tankery-la-mansh-popry-sanktsii\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite British sanctions, Russian tankers cross the English Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Despite UK sanctions, dozens of Russian tankers cross the English Channel<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"612\">Despite the sanctions imposed by the UK, <strong data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"368\">dozens of Russian oil tankers<\/strong> continue to pass through the English Channel. According to <em><strong data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"435\">BBC<\/strong><\/em>, After the government obtained legal grounds to detain such vessels, at least <strong data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"561\">42 sanctioned tankers<\/strong>, related to the so-called <em data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"605\">\u00abshadow fleet\u00bb<\/em> Russia.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"624\">Details<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"904\">According to journalists, these are vessels used to transport Russian oil in circumvention of international sanctions. Despite the new powers of the British authorities, these tankers <strong data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"836\">were not stopped<\/strong> during the passage of one of the most important sea arteries in Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1077\">Among them is a tanker <strong data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"934\">Sofos<\/strong>, which has been under sanctions since <strong data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"987\">May 2025<\/strong>. The vessel crossed the English Channel after a voyage from <strong data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1038\">Venezuela<\/strong> and is currently heading towards <strong data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1076\">Russia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1091\">Context.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1414\">Western countries have repeatedly stated their intention to increase pressure on the Russian <em data-start=\"1167\" data-end=\"1184\">\u00abshadow fleet\u00bb<\/em>, which is used to circumvent oil sanctions and finance the war against Ukraine. At the same time, the actual absence of detentions of sanctioned vessels raises questions about <strong data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1413\">effectiveness of control and implementation of the sanctions regime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1612\">Analysts note that the English Channel remains a critical route for shipping, and any decisions to detain ships have serious legal and international political consequences.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041f\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0438 \u0441\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u0411\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0439\u0448\u043b\u0438 \u041b\u0430-\u041c\u0430\u043d\u0448 \u041f\u043e\u043f\u0440\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0434\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u044e \u0411\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0454\u044e \u0441\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0446\u0456\u0457, \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u043a\u0438 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0430\u0444\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0436\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043a\u0443 \u041b\u0430-\u041c\u0430\u043d\u0448. \u042f\u043a \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044f\u0454 BBC, \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0443\u0440\u044f\u0434\u043e\u043c \u044e\u0440\u0438\u0434\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u0443\u0434\u0435\u043d \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043a\u0443 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u0449\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0439\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0448\u0435 42 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0456 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440\u0438, \u043f\u043e\u0432\u2019\u044f\u0437\u0430\u043d\u0456 \u0437 \u0442\u0430\u043a \u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c \u00ab\u0442\u0456\u043d\u044c\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043c \u0444\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043c\u00bb \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0457. \u0414\u0435\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0456 \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432, \u0439\u0434\u0435\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0441\u0443\u0434\u043d\u0430, \u044f\u043a\u0456 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":8603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"%title% ","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0441\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0446\u0456\u0457","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805618],"tags":[806753],"class_list":{"0":"post-8602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economics","8":"tag-806753"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8604,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602\/revisions\/8604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}