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France seizes tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English October 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM

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France’s military has seized an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’ used to circumvent Western sanctions. Moscow has condemned the seizure near Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean as ‘piracy’.

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