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French navy boards Russian 'shadow fleet' ship in Indian Ocean
The French navy has boarded a Russian ship in the Indian Ocean believed to be part of Moscow's so-called 'shadow fleet', vessels used to circumvent Western sanctions on Russian oil exports. The boarding, reported by Le Monde, marks a notable French naval action far from European waters and underscores growing Western efforts to police sanctions evasion on the high seas.
Why now: The boarding represents a rare direct Western naval intervention against Russia's sanctions-evading tanker operations, far from Ukraine-related waters.
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