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The tanker, during the period of the oil embargo and price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products, is involved in the export of russian Urals crude oil from russian ports on the Baltic Sea, in particular to India.
In October 2025, the tanker exported more than 716,000 barrels of Urals oil from the port of Primorsk to India in the interests of PJSC Rosneft.
In December 2025, the tanker exported over 716,000 barrels of Urals oil in the interests of Redwood Global Supply FZ-LLC (UAE), which was sanctioned by the UK on December 18, 2025, for its activities in the energy sector of the russian economy. Redwood Global Supply FZ-LLC is the largest exporter of russian crude oil in the shadow network of russian oil traders — the 2Rivers Group (Coral Energy) network, in which several azerbaijani traders, Tahir Garayev, Etibar Eyyub, Talat Safarov, and Ahmed Kerimov have key roles.
Since July 2025, the tanker has been managed by Nautikraft Forge LLC (Azerbaijan), which is part of a network of companies incorporated in Azerbaijan to manage a group of tankers belonging to the russian shadow fleet. In particular, Nautikraft Forge LLC managed the sanctioned tanker IMO 9185528.
On April 29, 2026, Ukraine imposed sanctions on the vessel.