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EU foreign ministers adopt sanctions targeting Russian shadow fleet, EU official says

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review

Posted on December 15, 2025

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BRUSSELS, ‌Dec 15 (Reuters) - Foreign ‍ministers ‌of the European Union's member ⁠states ‌adopted sanctions targeting enablers of the Russian shadow ⁠fleet of oil tankers, ​a EU official said ‌on Monday.

The ⁠sanctions target nine so called enablers of the ​shadow fleet, who are businessmen linked to Russian oil companies ​Rosneft ‍and Lukoil ​and shipping companies which own and manager tankers, as well as 14 persons and entities ⁠under the bloc's hybrid threat sanctions ​framework, the EU official said.

(Reporting by Lili Bayer, writing ‌by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Inti Landauro)

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