Question follow-through · 21877

Russia: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the threat from the Russian shadow fleet in the (a) Baltic and (b) North Sea.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 3 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 8 Jan 2025
Answer: 9 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the threat from the Russian shadow fleet in the (a) Baltic and (b) North Sea.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2025
Answer published
Our oil-related sanctions are having a significant impact, with Russia forced to shoulder a 25 percent reduction in oil and gas revenues from January to October 2024, compared to the same period in 2022. Where Russia has sought to circumvent those sanctio...

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