Question follow-through · 123071
Russia: Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made on legal options to pursue the Russian Shadow Fleet.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made on legal options to pursue the Russian Shadow Fleet.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Apr 2026
Answer published
Disrupting the Russian shadow fleet is a priority for the UK and our action is having an impact. We have already sanctioned 595 shadow fleet vessels, and an estimated $4.5 billion less in Russian oil and oil products has been carried by these vessels as a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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