EU Floats Sanctions on Lukoil Dubai Unit for Shadow Fleet Link
The move, floated in documents seen by Bloomberg, would be the first time Western governments have sought to sanction a Litasco entity since the invasion of Ukraine. Its parent company Lukoil was the second-largest seller of Russian crude to foreign markets last year.
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