{"id":987,"date":"2026-06-01T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=987"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:08:54","slug":"french-navy-intercepts-oil-tanker-traveling-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"French Navy intercepts oil tanker traveling from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The French Navy, with backing from the U.K., intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker traveling from Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, as Europe looks to clamp down on Moscow\u2019s energy profits.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=985\">Trump says Iran war critics are making it tougher for him to negotiate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, Mr. Macron said French forces intercepted the Tagor, a ship under international sanctions, 400 miles west of France in international waters of the Atlantic Ocean in \u201cstrict compliance with the law of the sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>French maritime authorities said the ship originated from the Russian port of Murmansk in the northwestern part of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea, and fund the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than 4 years,\u201d Mr. Macron wrote on X. \u201cThese vessels, which fail to adhere to the most basic rules of maritime navigation, also pose a threat to the environment and to everyone\u2019s safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post was accompanied by a video of French soldiers rappelling from a hovering helicopter onto the deck of the Tagor.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Russian government, said Moscow considers the interception to be illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=983\">Venezuela\u2019s ruling party unity cracks as acting President Delcy Rodriguez shifts Chavez-era policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider such actions illegal, as they amount to international piracy,\u201d Mr. Peskov told reporters at a briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The operation is the latest in a string of incidents in which the French navy has seized Russian-linked vessels in an attempt to curb some of Moscow\u2019s energy profits, which are used to finance its war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>French forces have boarded two tankers this year, both in the Mediterranean Sea, forcing at least one of them to pay a multimillion-euro fee before being released.<\/p>\n<p>Those tankers, including the Tagor, are suspected of being part of Russia\u2019s \u201cshadow fleet,\u201d a network of vessels used by sanctioned countries to transport illicit goods.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=981\">U.S. strikes Iranian radar sites after MQ-1 Predator drone shot down<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French Navy, with backing from the U.K., intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker traveling from Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, as Europe looks to clamp down on Moscow&#8217;s energy profits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[785,784,24,786,148],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-french-navy","tag-russia","tag-tagor","tag-ukraine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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