In an industry is awash with cash and record profits, it is tragic to see five people confirmed dead in an accident on a Perenco platform offshore Gabon, and one other worker still missing, presumed also killed, as per the most recent update. Last Wednesday, there was a fire on the Becuna platform...
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Tariff duty derogations must be granted solely to imported fishery products that meet sustainability criteria, EU fisheries sector reitarates
The European Commission will soon propose a regulation setting autonomous tariff quotas (ATQs) for certain fishery products for the years 2024 and 2025. The ATQ regulatio ..
Ukraine Bans Imports Of Oil And Fuel
Ukraine has tightened control of fuel imports by banning the supply of fuel and oil described as of “uncertain origin” but in fact from Russia, the energy ministry, says an article published on Hellenicshipping news.
Full-scale invasionBefore Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine was almost entirely dependent on Russian and Belarusian fuel supplies, but since then has switched to supplies mainly from European countries.
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“From now on,...
Russian Cyber Efforts in Ukraine See Muted Effects, Says Panel
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The Kremlin’s disinformation campaign and massive escalation of cyber attacks on Kyiv’s infrastructure have failed to break the Ukrainians’ will to fight, the author of a recent book on Russian information warfare said Thursday.
Speaking at the United States Naval Institute event, Bilyana Lilly, geopolitical risk lead at Krebs Stamos Group, said Moscow increased its reconnaissance of potential Ukrainian targets for cyber attack a year before the Feb. 24 invasion. In the time...
https://news.usni.org/2022/09/29/russian-cyber-efforts-in-ukraine-see-muted-effects-says-panel
Report on Russian Cyber Units
The following is the Jan. 4, 2021 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Russian Cyber Units.
From the report
Russia has deployed sophisticated cyber capabilities to conduct disinformation, propaganda, espionage, and destructive cyberattacks globally. To conduct these operations, Russia maintains numerous units overseen by its various security and intelligence agencies. Russia’s security agencies compete with each other and often conduct similar operations on the same targets, making...
https://news.usni.org/2021/01/05/report-on-russian-cyber-units
Report to Congress on Russian Military Intelligence
The following is the Nov. 24, 2020 Congressional Research Service report, Russian Military Intelligence: Background and Issues for Congress.
From the report
Following Russia’s occupation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014, many observers have linked Russia to additional malicious acts abroad. U.S. and European officials and analysts have accused Russia of, among other things, interfering in U.S. elections in 2016; attempting a coup in Montenegro in 2016; conducting...
https://news.usni.org/2020/11/27/report-to-congress-on-russian-military-intelligence
Maersk set to debut TradeLens in St Petersburg after signing MoU with Russian government
Maersk and the Russian government have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch the carrier’s blockchain it has developed with partner IBM – TradeLens – in the country.
In a signing ceremony yesterday involving Maersk chief executive Soren Skou and deputy transport minister and head of Federal Maritime and River Transport Yuriy Tsvetkov, Agency Ministry of Transport, said the MoU included “Port of St. Petersburg, Russia’s main container gateway, as …
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