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France authorities detain Russian captain of seized oil tanker
French authorities detained the Russian captain of the oil tanker 'Tagor,' which was seized for suspected use of a false Cameroonian flag. The tanker, part of a Russian 'ghost fleet' circumventing Western sanctions, was intercepted by the French Navy under the Montego Bay Convention.
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