~22AUG2025 is supposedly the date when Russian tankers loaded with oil started being put out to sea. 15AUG2025 was the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska.
No sauce on total number of ships or verification of start date, but the Russian ships sat out in the ocean until the "30-day waiver" issued last week:
The United States issued a 30-day sanctions waiver on March 12, 2026, allowing countries to purchase Russian crude oil and petroleum products already loaded on vessels at sea as of that date. The waiver, valid until April 11, 2026, was announced by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as a "narrowly tailored, short-term measure" aimed at stabilizing global energy markets disrupted by the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Volume and Impact: An estimated 124 million barrels of Russian oil were stranded at sea across 30 locations, equivalent to nearly six days of global supply. Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev claimed the waiver would affect 100 million barrels, almost a full day’s global output.
~22AUG2025 is supposedly the date when Russian tankers loaded with oil started being put out to sea. 15AUG2025 was the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska.
No sauce on total number of ships or verification of start date, but the Russian ships sat out in the ocean until the "30-day waiver" issued last week:
-AI generated
Russian shadow fleet (warning, this is likely propaganda): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_shadow_fleet