Amid reports of Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers evading sanctions, maritime data analyzed by iFact shows vessels hiding their movements across the Black Sea before appearing in Georgian waters.

A Russian oil tanker sanctioned by the EU and UK is drifting in the Mediterranean after reporting navigation issues off Algeria, according to recent reports.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has stated that it is closely monitoring what it described as an “abnormal situation” involving the Russian oil tanker Marinera. The Ministry claimed that we and NATO military forces are tracking the tanker. According to the ...