Russia seeks explanation after ship thought to belong to company targeted by EU sanctions is held
French sea police have seized a ship in the Channel that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company targeted by EU sanctions over the war in Ukraine, a government official told Reuters.
The cargo vessel transporting cars, which was headed for St Petersburg, is “strongly suspected of being linked to Russian interests targeted by the sanctions”, said Capt Veronique Magnin, of the French Maritime Prefecture.
