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In many of the most prominent cases of grain being exported from sanctioned Crimea, media reports detailed how a fleet of handymax ships such as the Mikhail Nenashev, Matros Shevchenko (IMO: 9574195), Matros Koshka (IMO: 9550137) and Matros Pozynich (IMO: 9573816) were pictured in Sevastopol with their AIS disabled.

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Bellingcat Investigation Team • Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a Grain Smuggling Operation - bellingcat

Bloomberg reported last year that one of these vessels, the 115m long Amur 2501 had taken on grain at Sevastopol in early July before heading to the Kerch Strait where it conducted what is known as a ship to ship transfer, effectively offloading the grain it was carrying on to another vessel while at sea. This other vessel then went on to deliver... See more

Bellingcat Investigation Team • Russia’s Ghost Ships and the Evolution of a Grain Smuggling Operation - bellingcat

You have a man named Browder. Browder is a man of UK nationality (who used to be American but doesn’t like taxes) who’s a billionaire. Where did he make his money? Russia. How did he make his money in Russia? Through Gazprom and other state-owned companies, which, from his experiences, are highly corrupt.... See more

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