Overview
- Canada, which announced the measures Thursday at the G7 foreign ministers’ gathering, added 100 vessels from Russia’s “shadow fleet” to its sanctions list.
- Officials say the step seeks to cut the Kremlin’s war funding by choking off oil and other sanctioned cargo moved by these tankers.
- The additions raise Canada’s total to more than 600 sanctioned vessels, building on a February 24 package that also listed 100 ships.
- In a parallel action, Canada sanctioned five Iranian individuals and four companies for supplying technology linked to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps weapons transfers to Russia.
- Allied enforcement is intensifying, with the UK authorizing boards in British waters on March 25 and France reporting recent interceptions, signaling a coordinated push to disrupt the fleet’s operations.