Tanker diplomacy gets Athens into hot waters over Russia sanctions

PoliticsGreek Politics Tags: European Union, Justice, New Democracy, Russia, Shipping
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos
Photo by Panayotis Tzamaros/Fosphotos

Athens's case for protecting its shipowners' commercial interests has come under unusually direct public criticism from other member states, as EU diplomats conclude negotiations on the 21st Russia sanctions package.

Athens has spent the past fortnight resisting a full ban on Russian LNG transport, reportedly arguing that it would “destroy” Dynagas, the Arctic ice-class fleet operated by shipowner George Prokopiou's group that services Russia's Yamal terminal. The o...

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