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Stephanie Czarzasty's avatar

Really appreciate you sharing this. I agree that aligning sanctions is low-hanging fruit, and it’s shocking that only 43 vessels are sanctioned jointly by the US, UK, and EU out of 343 tracked. It feels like a strategic failure.

I’ve also been following the NATO Baltic Sentry mission and started wondering:

Is the core issue weak sanctions, or the lack of coordinated enforcement?

From where I’m sitting, it seems like Russia is testing both.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/18/eu-foreign-ministers-call-for-coordinated-action-on-russian-shadow-fleet-in-baltic-sea

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Bruce Isaacson's avatar

It’s great that you track this. Thank you.

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