The European Union’s latest measures targeting Russia should increase the heat on tankers linked to ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of sanctioned oil but leave the mainstream fleet largely unaffected, lawyers and sanctions experts said on Monday.
Details of the 11th round of EU sanctions were announced on Friday. They lower the evidential burden needed for member states to take action for violations of sanctions imposed by the 27-nation bloc in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
