A Mumbai-based commercial ship manager was among three individuals and nine entities sanctioned by the European Union for being involved in the import of sanctioned goods to Russia and circumventing EU sanctions related to oil and financial transactions.
and high-risk shipping practices”, the European Council said in a statement. The high-risk activities included having “inadequate liability insurance, engaging in ship-to-ship transfers and manipulating the vessels’ Automatic Identification System”, the statement said.
Others targeted by the latest sanctions include Movers Group LLC, a Russia-based cargo delivery company involved in the parallel import of goods subject to EU restrictive measures, and its general director Dmitry Chudovsky, and LLC DT Inier and its majority shareholder Ivanna Savchuk. The EU also sanctioned United Stream LLC and its founder, Svetlana Gumenyuk.
The latest sanctions also targeted Hurus Trade FZE, a Dubai-based trading intermediary in the crude oil sector “supplying Russian-origin crude oil to India, in particular to Nayara Energy Limited, an entity listed under [EU] restrictive measures”. United Stream is a financial services company registered in Russia that “acts as a payment agent and intermediary, likewise facilitating the import of EU goods subject to restrictive measures”.
