The magazine reported, citing sources in the German safety services that Customs took over the unit with its cargo. The tanker was expected to have about 100,000 tonnes of oil worth around EUR 40 million.
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Criticism by Russia
Reuter's agency recalled that erstwhile German customs secured a tanker drifting off the coast of Rügen in January, This sparked a harsh criticism of Berlin from Moscow. Reuters noted that an old and heavy utilized unit besides raised environmental concerns due to possible oil spills.
Eventin was subject to European Union sanctions imposed on Russia for a full-size invasion of Ukraine of February 2022. Moscow utilized the unit to circumvent the ban on the sale to the Kremlin of oil, weapons and grain
