Germany is working to secure a drifting Russian oil tanker believed to be part of Moscow's " The tanker Eventin, carrying almost 100,000 tons of oil, was left without control and electricity off the German island of Rugen. CNN reports this.

The Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME) said three tugs were working to tow the 274-metre Panama-flagged tanker to safety: the port of Sassnitz on the island of Rugen.

According to the monitoring group MarineTraffic, the Eventin vessel flies under the Panama flag and is 18 years old.. The tanker loaded oil in the Russian port of Ust-Luga and set out on a voyage to the Egyptian port of Said on January 6.

According to open data, the tanker made its last voyages to the Indian port of Visakhapatnam. India has not joined the sanctions against Russia and is second only to China in terms of volumes of purchases of Russian oil..

German Foreign Minister Annalena Barbock said the "

Since Western countries imposed sanctions on Russian oil exports, the Kremlin has used old, sometimes Soviet tankers known as its "

“By dishonestly using a fleet of rusting tankers, Putin is not only circumventing sanctions, but also deliberately running the risk of stopping tourism in the Baltic Sea region,” Baerbock said on January 10.

The Kremlin, which previously refused to respond to accusations of using a “shadow fleet,” has not yet commented on the incident with the Eventin tanker.

Let us recall that in December two Russian tankers crashed off the coast of occupied Crimea, spilling thousands of tons of fuel oil into the Black Sea.. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the vessels - which are almost 50 years old - " The coast of Russian Anapa suffered the most, but now the oil slick has reached the beaches of occupied Crimea.

Focus wrote about how the Russian “shadow fleet” works and how much the sailors who get jobs on rusty ships that could sink at any minute get paid.