Russia: Shipping
Commons · Question 2959 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 128971 on Shipping: Sanctions, what the legal basis is for conducting maritime interdiction operations against sanctioned Russian Shadow Fleet vessels tra
Answer
Answered by Al Carns, 1 Jun 2026
Sanctions enforcement is taken by various enforcement bodies under powers in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, and regulations made under it, UK armed forces may support those agencies in the exercise of their powers. All interdiction acti...