“Gabon did not give a flag to Russia”

According to information from RFI, since December 2023, the “ghost fleet” used by Russia to escape Western sanctions on oil has registered numerous vessels under the Gabonese flag: forty tankers flying the flag of the Central African country have recently visited Russian ports. The Gabonese Minister of Transport, Merchant Marine and the Sea responds to criticism on the subject: “ When a ship takes its flag, it does not tell us that it is going to take oil from Russia, the United States or elsewhere.. »

According to a recent report from the Kyiv School of Economics, an educational and research establishment located in kyiv, the Russian ghost fleet – an armada of ships used by Moscow to circumvent Western oil sanctions – is recording an increasing number of its ships under the Gabonese flag. According to information from RFI, of the 95 tankers flying the Gabonese flag today, at least 40 have recently visited Russian ports.

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