The captain of an oil tanker attached to the Russian fleet caught near the Atlantic coast of France will be prosecuted in February, as the crew was allegedly refusing to cooperate in the investigation. This information was given by the French prosecutor on Thursday.

According to Port City Breast prosecutor Stephen Kelenburger, two Chinese crew members and ‘Chief Met’ were released from police custody on Tuesday. However, ‘Chief Met’ was released without any charge.

Kalenburger gave this information

Kalenburger said that preliminary inquiry started on the non -cooperation of the crew after the Atlantic Supects informed the judicial officers. The crew could not even clarify which country the ship belongs to. When the ship’s nationality and real nationality were seen to be disturbed, the French Navy on Saturday climbed the ship as per international law.

The French Navy found that the ship was going from Russia to India and there was no flag of any country on it. There was a large amount of oil consignment in the ship. The captain has been called for a trial in the breast on 23 February. He can be sentenced to a fine of up to a year and a fine of 150,000 euros (about 176,000 US dollars).

Russia and shadow fleet relationship

French President Emmanuel Macron said that the tanker could be part of Russia’s alleged shadow fleet. The ownership of such old tankers is not clear, and they can be used to avoid the restrictions of Western countries due to Ukraine War.

Macron also said that the tanker may be involved in the case associated with drone flights over Denmark, as it was passing through the coast of Denmark last week. He clarified that the investigation is still going on and a clear relationship between the two incidents cannot be told.

According to the sea traffic monitoring website, a ship called tanker ‘Pushpa’ or ‘Borake’ left from the Russian oil terminal near St. Petersburg on 20 September. It passed through the coast of Denmark and currently stayed near the Western port of France, St.-Najyer. The name of the ship has changed several times and it has the flag of West African country Benin. It has been targeted under the anti -Russian restrictions of the European Union.

Russia’s reaction

Dimitri Peskov, spokesman of the Russian President’s Office Kremlin, said that he had no information about the ship. He also said that many countries are taking ‘provocative action’ against Russia.

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