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Lord Garnier (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 June 2026

Debate

Russian Shadow Fleet

Contribution

My Lords, does the Minister know whether the Russian shadow fleet, in so far as it is coming in and out of northern Europe, is going into the Russian Baltic or to the Russian Arctic? If the Russian Baltic, the strait between Sweden and Denmark is a lot narrower than the Strait of Hormuz, so what are we doing to interdict the ingress and egress of Russian shadow oil tankers through that strait? That seems to be a much more practical way of dealing with things with our allies in NATO in Scandinavia and Germany. Equally, what are we doing to patrol the north Atlantic in the Arctic region to prevent ships coming in and out of, for example, Archangel?

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