RUSSIAN SANCTIONS
Gulf links
MORE damning evidence last week of the Gulf emirate of Dubai’s complicity in bolstering Russia’s finances, enabling Vladimir Putin to keep shipping oil around the world while ignoring international price cap limits.
Sailing under flags of convenience and with their ownership switched to keep everyone guessing, a “shadow fleet” of vessels dock at Russian Baltic and Black Sea ports and, with transponders turned off, set sail through international waters to India, China and elsewhere.