Western shipping companies took advantage of the war in Ukraine to profitably get rid of tankers. Instead of sending to scrap metal, they were sold by Russians, which created a "

According to the results of a joint investigation of the Netherlands project Follow The Money, the media and the Kyiv School of Economics, in the aggregate of the Russian Federation bought from shipowners from the USA and the countries of the European Union of NefteTankers in the amount of more than $ 6 billion. In general, about 230 "

A third of the " The Kremlin regime continued to earn it to earn oils due to the cooperation of companies providing 21 of 35 countries, which imposed sanctions.

Prices for old tankers took off after at the end of 2022, in response to a full -scale invasion of Ukraine for imports of Russian oil and oil products, an international embargo was introduced and a price ceiling was set at $ 60 per barrel. Therefore, many European shipowners rushed to sell old tankers, for which they would not have received a good price before. The leaders were shipowners from such countries:.

According to the estimates of the Center for the Study of Energy and Clean Air, since the beginning of the " But not all this money returned to the country and got to the budget (including due to the growth of costs associated with sanctions).