UK to Slap Sanctions on 100 Russian-Oil Carrying Tankers

The UK government will impose sanctions on as many as 100 tankers that it says are used to ship Russian crude oil abroad. Bloomberg reports that this constitutes a 75% increase in the number of sanctioned so-called shadow fleet vessels. This, Downing Street said, will make the UK the country that has sanctioned the most tankers carrying Russian oil. Initially, it targeted 133 vessels with sanctions, the Bloomberg report also noted. The UK has already sanctioned 41 vessels used to transport Russian oil abroad. Of these, however, 39 have continued…