Overview

• London expanded its asset freeze to blacklist 20 more vessels linked to Russia’s shadow fleet used for covert oil shipments.
• Energy groups Orion Star Group LLC and Rosneft Marine (UK) were sanctioned for their roles in crewing and managing the sanctioned tankers.
• UK nationals Vladimir Pristoupa and Olech Tkacz were added for operating a shell network that shipped over $120 million of electronics to Russian entities.
• The Russian Defence Ministry’s deep-sea research arm GUGI was sanctioned over concerns about underwater intelligence gathering and threats to subsea infrastructure.
• The UK said it will work with G7 partners to lower the $60 per barrel price cap on Russian oil to further cut off Kremlin funding.