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Russia's Shadow Fleet and Thick Ice Increase Risks in the Baltic Sea: "We Have a Scary Winter Ahead of Us"
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Russian oil exports are being choked by EU sanctions – while the forces of the weather are causing it. Russia is responding by calling in a nuclear-powered icebreaker. The risks of an environmental accident are increasing in the Baltic Sea, which is now experiencing its first cold winter with the increasingly dilapidated ships of the Russian shadow fleet.
The ice cover in the Baltic Sea is more widespread than in many years. The ice situation is detrimental to the Russian war treasury, but experts also fear that the risk of accidents is increasing.
The Russian nuclear icebreaker Sibir is in place in the eastern Gulf of Finland to assist traffic to and from Russian ports. Many of the shadow fleet's ships are not built for thick ice.
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