# France seizes tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet

https://mins.news/en/item/98308

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-13 15:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/13/france-seizes-tanker-suspected-of-belonging-to-russias-shadow-fleet?traffic_source=rss

> France’s military seized an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” which is used to evade Western sanctions. Moscow denounced the seizure near Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean as “piracy.”

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