Denmark works with allies on measures against shadow fleet in its straits

Denmark is working with allied and Baltic Sea countries on possible measures against Russia's shadow fleet of ageing tankers passing through Danish straits, Reuters reports. No specific steps were disclosed. Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said there was "broad consensus" that the fleet is an international problem and that any measures must be legally sound under international law. Reuters notes that about a third of Russia's seaborne oil exports, some 1.5% of global supply, pass through the straits. Russia cites the 1857 Copenhagen Treaty as guaranteeing unimpeded passage, and its ambassador, Vladimir Barbin, said the threat came from the sanctions rather than the tankers.

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