The captain of the carrier associated with the charged “shadow fleet”

The French authorities have accused that the leader of the oil tanker believed to be part of the “shadow fleet” in Russia used to evade sanctions.

The Chinese patriot was handed over one charge of refusing to follow instructions from the French Navy and was asked to attend a court in court in the northern coastal city of Prest in February.

Burakai left Russia last month and was outside the coast of Denmark when unidentified drones forced the temporary closure of many airports last week.

It was a carrier He was taken by the French soldiers Earlier this week because he was on the list of ships subject to European Union sanctions to carry Russian oil exports. Russian President Vladimir Putin described France’s actions as “piracy”.

The Kremlin previously denied any knowledge of the ship.

Boracay is currently registered in Benin, but it has changed the name and science several times in recent years as part of the alleged efforts to evade the sanctions that brought in response to the full invasion of Russia to Ukraine.

The French Public Prosecutor’s Office said that the captain was unable to give a coherent answer to the flag on which the ship was.

He and the second commander, a Chinese citizen, were also detained since Tuesday, while the French authorities investigated them on suspicion of crimes: refusing to comply with maritime orders and failed to justify the nationality of the ship’s flag.

The second captain was released without charges after interrogation.

Burakai has now been established near the port of Saint Nazer, below the coast of Brest.

Under International Maritime Law, the naval forces can stop a commercial ship in the sea if they have a reasonable doubt that the ship is without nationality.

Many Western countries imposed sanctions on Russian energy by reducing imports and expanding the price of oil in response to the war in Ukraine.

To evade these sanctions, Moscow built the referred to the name of the “shadow fleet” from tankers that could block its ownership and movements.

Russia is believed to have a fleet of several hundreds of tankers registered in other countries and is used to export gasoline. French President Emmanuel Macron said that the Russian shadow fleet contains between 600 and 1000 ships.

Al -Burakai was detained by the Estonian authorities earlier this year due to sailing without the knowledge of a good country.

It started from the Russian PRIMorsk port outside the Saint Petersburg on September 20 and sailed through the Baltic Sea and Denmark, before entering the North Sea and continuing through the English channel.

He was scheduled to arrive at Vadinar in northwest India on October 20, according to the data of the marine traffic tracking site.

The separate question is still about whether the carrier is used to launch a drone penetration last week in the Danish airspace without a solution.

Macron refused to be extracted on this issue while attending a summit on the security of the European Union in Copenhagen on Wednesday.

That summit It came in the direct response To the events in Denmark, as well as incursions into many other European countries in recent weeks.

Done -aircraft appeared on many airports and military bases, although the Danish authorities said there is no evidence indicating Russian involvement.

Poland, Estonia and Romania have reported its violation of airspace by drones or Russian combat aircraft. Moscow denied violating Estonian airspace and said that other incursions were cross.