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🇸🇪#Sweden - 🇷🇺#Russia: The Swedish Coast Guard, together with the police, has boarded another vessel suspected of operating under a false flag off the coast of Trelleborg. The oil tanker, named "Sea Owl I", is believed to be part of Russia's shadow fleet. It was reportedly sailing under an alleged false flag on its way to the port of Primorsk in Russia after departing from Santos, Brazil. Investigators were also alerted by the fact that the ship appeared unusually light and insufficiently loaded. After the Coast Guard boarded and took control of the vessel, the captain, which is a Russian citizen, was taken in for questioning, however, he has not been arrested yet. Meanwhile, the Russian embassy in Sweden stated earlier today that it is "monitoring the situation", with Russian officials describing the boarding as an act of "piracy". (via Göteborgs-Posten & Reuters)