Captain of the tanker associated with the Russian Navy of “Shadow”

The oil tanker captain, who is believed to be part of the Russian fleet of ship shadows used to avoid sanctions, has been accused by the French authorities.

The Chinese citizen received a census of refusing to pursue instructions from the French Navy and said to attend a hearing in the northern coastal city of Brest next February.

Borakai left Russia last month and was off the coast of Denmark when unidentified drones forced the temporary closure of several airports last week.

The tanker was Uploading French soldiers Earlier this week, because it was on a list of ships subject to EU sanctions for wearing Russian oil exports. Russian President Vladimir Putin called France’s actions “piracy”.

The Kremlin had previously denied any knowledge of the ship.

Boracay is currently registered in Benin, but in recent years has changed the name and flag named as part of the alleged efforts to avoid sanctions, taken in response to the full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine.

The French prosecutor’s office said the captain was unable to give a coordination response to the flag that the ship was carrying.

He and the second captain, also a Chinese citizen, have been detained since Tuesday, while the French authorities have been investigating them on suspicion of two crimes: refusing to obey the naval orders and fail to justify the nationality of the ship.

The second captain was released without charges after being questioned.

Boracay is now anchored near the port of Saint -Nazar, down the shore from Brest.

According to international maritime legislation, the Navy can stop a merchant ship in the sea if they have a reasonable suspicion that the ship is without nationality.

Many western countries have imposed sanctions on Russian energy, limiting imports and limiting the price of their oil in response to the war in Ukraine.

To avoid these sanctions, Moscow has built what is referred to as “Senchev Fleet” of tankers whose property and movements can be darkened.

Russia is thought to have a fleet of several hundred tankers that are registered in other countries and are used to export its gasoline. French President Emmanuel Macron said the Russian shadow fleet contains between 600 and 1,000 ships.

The Borakai was detained by the Estonian authorities earlier this year for sailing without a valid flag of the country.

He left the Russian port of Primorsk in front of St. Petersburg on September 20 and sailed across the Baltic Sea and along Denmark before entering the North Sea and held through the English channel.

It is planned to arrive in Vadinar in northwestern India on October 20, according to data on the website to track marine traffic.

The individual question whether the tanker was used to launch the drone invading last week in the Danish airspace remains unresolved.

Macron refused to be attracted to the matter while attending an EU security summit in Copenhagen on Wednesday.

This summit came in direct response to events in Denmark, as well as invasions in several other European nations in recent weeks.

The drones over Denmark appeared above several of their airports and military bases, although the Danish authorities said there was no evidence to suggest the participation of the Russian.

Poland, Estonia and Romania have reported that their airspace has been disturbed by either drones or Russian fighters. Moscow denied violating Estonian airspace and said the other invasions were accidental.