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‘Int’l terrorism’: Kremlin fumes after France seizes Russian-linked tanker

France has detained a Russian-linked oil tanker, the Tagor, in the Atlantic, suspecting it of violating sanctions imposed over the Ukraine war. Russia vehemently condemned the seizure as illegal, bordering on ‘international terrorism,’ and vowed to protect its shipping. This action is part of a wider Western effort to curb Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ used to circumvent sanctions.

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