Moscow says it knows where Western commercial ships are sailing, as President Vladimir Putin threatens retaliation if Europe starts seizing Russian vessels.
The warning comes as European countries step up efforts to disrupt Russia’s maritime oil trade and its so-called shadow fleet, part of a broader sanctions campaign aimed at squeezing Moscow over its war in Ukraine. In July, the European Union changed its sanctions rules to allow national authorities to sell Russian oil cargoes they have seized and confiscated.
On Wednesday, Putin described such seizures as “piracy and plunder,” according to an official transcript from the Kremlin.
“If this…
