is Greece one of the main transporters of Russian oil in the world?

Despite the sanctions, Russian oil is still arriving in Europe. It is delivered by a European country, Greece. Its ships are responsible for discreetly transporting Russian hydrocarbons to the rest of the world. While thehe embargo against Russian oil will come into force at the end of the year, the Greek shipowners are advancing in masks. Cohow do they do it? A ship under the Maltese flag, which is actually Greek, loads oil from another ship under the Russian flag. They then export the oil to the main European and world ports.

These revelations angered the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Indeed, this role of Greek carriers is far from negligible: 238 million barrels of Russian oil have been transported by Greek ships since the start of the war in Ukraine. Greece is therefore one of the main transporters of Russian oil, a role that goes against European sanctions.