{"id":1730,"date":"2026-06-01T21:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:33:59","slug":"macron-says-french-navy-backed-by-the-uk-intercepted-a-sanctioned-tanker-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1730","title":{"rendered":"Macron says French Navy, backed by the UK, intercepted a sanctioned tanker from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>PARIS<\/strong> | The French Navy, with support from the United Kingdom, has intercepted an oil tanker under international sanctions that was traveling from Russia, the most recent effort by nations that support Ukraine to target Russian oil exports helping to finance President Vladimir Putin\u2019s war.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron announced the interception in a post Monday on X, saying the Tagor was boarded on Sunday in the Atlantic. Soldiers descended on a rope one after another from a French navy helicopter, video released to The Associated Press by the French military showed. It is the latest in a series of French naval interceptions of tankers suspected of links to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unacceptable that boats skirt international sanctions, violate the law of the sea and finance the war that Russia has been waging for more than 4 years against Ukraine,\u201d Macron wrote. \u201cThese ships, that don\u2019t respect the most elementary rules of maritime navigation, are also a threat to the environment and everyone\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oil revenue is a key part of Russia\u2019s economy, allowing Putin to pour money into the war effort against Ukraine without worsening inflation for everyday people and avoiding a currency collapse.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Russia is believed to be using a fleet of hundreds of ships to evade international sanctions imposed over the war. France and other countries have vowed to crack down on the sanction-busting so-called \u201cshadow fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the latest French interception, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that Russia \u201cconsiders such actions illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey border on piracy,\u201d he said Monday. \u201cWe absolutely disagree that they are being carried out in full compliance with international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>French maritime authorities said the tanker was intercepted more than 400 nautical miles west of France, in international waters in the Atlantic. It was traveling from the northwestern Russian port of Murmansk, according to the authorities\u2019 statement.<\/p>\n<p>It said the tanker is suspected of operating under a false flag and that the French navy is now escorting it to an anchorage for more checks.<\/p>\n<p>The captain says he is Russian, French prosecutor St\u00e9phane Kellenberger, overseeing the investigation from Brest in western France, said in a statement to AP.<\/p>\n<p>The captain repeatedly refused to comply with French navy instructions, \u201cmaking it necessary to take control of the vessel,\u201d Kellenberger said.<\/p>\n<p>He said his office has opened a criminal investigation on charges of failure to provide proof of a vessel\u2019s nationality, navigating without a flag and refusal to comply with orders.<\/p>\n<p>Tankers previously intercepted by France include the Deyna, boarded in the Mediterranean Sea in March. 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