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Washington Post
18 hours ago
- General
- Washington Post
California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
RICHMOND, California — An oil tanker sat docked at Chevron's sprawling refinery in Richmond on Thursday — a visible link between California's appetite for Amazon crude and the remote rainforest territories where it's extracted. Just offshore, bundled in puffy jackets against the Bay wind, Indigenous leaders from Ecuador's Amazon paddled kayaks through choppy waters, calling attention to the oil expansion threatening their lands.
Free Malaysia Today
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Russia will fully defend ships in the Baltic Sea
Dmitry Peskov said Russia had a wide range of response options. (AP pic) MOSCOW : The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia would defend its ships using the Baltic Sea with all means available and that a failed Estonian attempt to seize a tanker there recently showed that Moscow could respond with tough action if it had to. Estonia said last Thursday that Moscow had briefly sent a fighter jet into Nato airspace over the Baltic Sea during an Estonian attempt to stop a Russian-bound oil tanker thought to be part of a 'shadow fleet' defying Western sanctions on Moscow. Russia, the world's second-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia, on Sunday then detained a Greek-owned oil tanker in Russian waters after it had left an Estonian port, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Tuesday. The detention of the vessel, since released by Russia, fuelled concerns about potential shipping disruption in busy Baltic sea lanes used to transport oil. Asked what Russia could do to protect its shipping interests in the Baltic Sea from what Moscow has described as hostile action from EU member states and Britain, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: 'As the latest events related to the attempted pirate attack on one of the tankers showed, Russia demonstrated it is capable of responding quite harshly.' Peskov said Russia was ready to use 'all means' at its disposal in future to respond to such incidents within the framework of international law and had a wide range of response options to choose from. A spokesman for Russia's foreign ministry on Tuesday accused Nato of carrying out what was called aggressive actions in the Baltic Sea that impeded the freedom of shipping after Estonia tried and failed to seize the Russia-bound tanker.
Al Arabiya
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Estonia attempts to detain one of Russian ‘shadow fleet' in Baltic Sea
The Estonian Navy said it attempted on Tuesday to detain a Russia-bound oil tanker under sanction by Britain, saying it sailed illegally without a flag, but did not board it when it refused to cooperate, instead escorting it to Russian waters. The vessel, Jaguar, which Britain added to its sanctions list last Friday, is one of about 100 in Russia's 'shadow fleet', a term Western countries use for ships they accuse Moscow of deploying to avoid international sanctions. They are typically not regulated or insured by conventional Western organizations. The ship was near Naissaar Island, off Tallinn, when the Estonian Navy communicated with it by radio at 1530 GMT on Tuesday, Commander Ivo Vark told Reuters in an email message. As it was sailing 'without a nationality', Estonia 'had an obligation to verify the vessel's documents and legal status,' Vark said on Wednesday. 'The vessel denied cooperation and continued its journey toward Russia ... given the vessel's lack of nationality, the use of force, including boarding the vessel, was deemed unnecessary.' An Estonian patrol escorted the Jaguar until it reached Russian waters, Vark added. On X, Estonia's foreign minister said Russia 'must face tougher, faster sanctions' in response. 'With the info op that followed, Russia has clearly tied itself to the shadow fleet,' Margus Tsahkna posted. The Estonian defense ministry declined to comment. On Thursday, the Jaguar was anchored near the Russian port of Primorsk, Marine Traffic data showed. It was listed there under the flag of the central African nation of Gabon. Vark was responding to a Reuters request for comment on a recording on X purporting to show the boarding attempt, but which could not be independently verified. Filmed from a bridge of a tanker whose IMO identification number matches that of the Jaguar, the video shows a navy patrol boat, a helicopter and a patrol aircraft hovering nearby. 'This is Estonian warship ... follow my instructions, alter your course to 105 immediately,' says a voice on the radio. In Russian, a voice says off-camera, 'We are met by helicopters, they demand we go on anchor.' A military jet, which Estonia does not operate, is also glimpsed flying nearby. Vark did not reply to a query if the incident was connected to Tuesday's alleged breach of Estonian airspace by a Russian Su-35 military jet that drew a protest from Estonia. On X, Margarita Simonyan, head of Russia's state media outlet RT, who posted the video, said the jet was a Russian Su-35, sent to prevent the vessel's seizure. In an incident on April 11, Estonia detained and boarded a Russia-bound oil tanker, Kiwala, accusing it of sailing without a valid country flag. The tanker cooperated, and was released two weeks later.
