This is the big man behind Russia’s shadow fleet: the ships used for oil smuggling, espionage and sabotage

A ship is in custody in Finland because it allegedly damaged a crucial power connection in the Baltic Sea on Christmas Day. And it also aroused suspicions in the Netherlands, as it recently became known. The vessel is part of the shadow fleet with which Russia circumvents sanctions, spies and sabotages. How does that work? What does it cost Putin and who is the man who organizes many of these practices for him?

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