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Russia: Oil

Commons · Question 123071 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made on legal options to pursue the Russian Shadow Fleet.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 10 Apr 2026

Disrupting the Russian shadow fleet is a priority for the UK and our action is having an impact. We have already sanctioned 595 shadow fleet vessels, and an estimated $4.5 billion less in Russian oil and oil products has been carried by these vessels as a...