Russian ship under sanction for carrying N Korea arms sails for European waters

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Under the approval of transporting weapons from North Korea, a notorious Russian ship is about to enter the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal, for the first time, a ship-driven ship entered into European water for Pyongiang.

Mia -1, a Russian -paved and crew vessel that has been directly imposed by the United States and EU, is currently anchored outside the southern entrance of the main waterway in Asia and Europe, according to, as connected to Asia and Europe Open Source CenterA research group that marked the ship. The destination described by the ship is a port on the Baltic coast of Russia where Moscow is making a liquid natural gas facility.

The ship is one of the 20 ships owned by the MG-Flat that is a company that has been approved among others in the United Kingdom, the EU and the United States. The EU’s sanctions say that the carrier was part of “a military transport network of Russian cargo ships”. According to the OSC, it has made at least nine trips from five months to February 2021.

“MAIA -1 is a ship named North Korean experts by the UN panel, and several governments have been approved to engage in Russia in North Korean wars,” OSC analyst Joe Berne says.

The arrival of the ship in the European region – and NATO members, including Denmark, will create a new challenge for the continent through the water, as it will create a new challenge for the continent, just as its leaders consider how far they want to support Ukraine and prevent it.

Birne added, “Western sanctions present a challenge on the system, testing their steps to test” presented the journey.

Mia -1 began to travel to Vladivost, Russia’s far -fetched last month before the cargo was taken to a port near Shanghai. Since leaving China, it has launched AIS transponders.

The OSC said that between January 5 and 8, large items were seen on the ship at Zhangjiagang equipment port.

The satellite imagery collected by the OSC showed that the ship was being loaded on things that were covered in Taraplin for the journey.

During a stop in Vietnam, the MAI -1 document filed the document, while the Baltic Sea port is Ust -Luga to give its final destination where the new LNG terminal is being constructed despite the impact of the ban.

Access to Russia’s turbines and other gas liquid equipment has been badly damaged by US sanctions imposed by the previous President Joe Biden. US Treasury Heavy Lift Cargo ships have also been caught by providing these schemes.

The UST-Luga LNG project has been delayed by the withdrawal of the original Western partners in 2022, following the full aggression of Ukraine in Russia in 2022 and in recent years in terms of US sanctions introduced in recent years.

Another LNG development in Russia is known as the Arctic LNG 2 on the north, which has earlier received large elements in China.

The Suez Canal gives freedom to navigation to all the ships under the Constantinople Convention Agreement of the 5th, though ships can be prevented from transferring if they do not have the appropriate insurance – a significant barrier for approved ships. MAIA -1 is not listed as covered by any member of the insurer in the International Group.

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