{"id":4106,"date":"2026-03-01T08:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/4106\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T08:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:34:22","slug":"belgium-seizes-russian-shadow-fleet-oil-tanker-amid-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/4106\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Seizes Russian &#8216;Shadow Fleet&#8217; Oil Tanker Amid Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Belgium has taken decisive action by seizing an oil tanker linked to Russia&#8217;s so-called &#8216;shadow fleet&#8217;, according to Theo Francken, Belgian Defence Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The seizure comes as part of Western sanctions on Russia, intended to curb its oil revenues following its invasion of Ukraine. The &#8216;shadow fleet&#8217; is a covert network helping Moscow continue crude exports despite sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel, Ethera, is being escorted to Zeebrugge for confiscation, raising concerns about environmental risks due to its opaque ownership and ageing condition. Francken emphasized Belgium&#8217;s dedication to halting vessels aiding Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Belgium has taken decisive action by seizing an oil tanker linked to Russia&#8217;s so-called &#8216;shadow fleet&#8217;, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,3252,3250,3236,3249,941,3248,3237,1828,3251],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-environmental-risks","tag-ethera","tag-oil-tanker","tag-russian","tag-sanctions","tag-seizes","tag-shadow-fleet","tag-ukraine-war","tag-zaebrugge"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}