Sanctions Target Russian Energy Ship with Arms

Estonian border guards photographed Russian Gazprom LNG tanker Marshal Vasilevsky in Gulf of Finland with Kord heavy machine gun.
Tanker supplies energy to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania.
Photos reveal first public evidence of Russian civilian tanker equipped with heavy weaponry.
Presence of heavy machine guns changes boarding risk assessment, making boarding improbable.
Russian warship fired warning shots at British yacht in English Channel.

Military | Energy | Sanctions

Gulf of Finland | English Channel | Kaliningrad

Baltic intelligence officer | Holger Roonemaa

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