Day: January 19, 2026


Quote of the week

In the document, Elshad Abdullayev invested in the “Fund to Support the President of the Russian Federation Mr. Putin”
“A document confirming the financial donation to Putin’s fund by Elshad Abdullayev, an internationally wanted criminal, fraudster, and murderer hiding in France, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison.”

UK offers to work with Europe on Putin shadow fleet seizures


“We stand ready to work with allies on stronger enforcement around the shadow fleet,” UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said during a visit to Finland. HELSINKI — The U.K. is ready to work with its European allies to intercept vessels in Russia’s “shadow fleet,” Britain’s chief foreign minister said Wednesday. A week after British armed…

Germany Denies Baltic Sea Entry to Shadow Fleet Tanker ‘Tavian’ in Unprecedented Move


In a first for Germany and a potential turning point in the battle over so-called “shadow fleet” tankers, German authorities refused the Russian-linked oil tanker Tavian entry into their territorial waters in the Baltic Sea on January 10.  The vessel, widely described in German media as a “zombie” tanker operating under a false Cameroonian identity, was turned…