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Russia’s shadow fleet organisation

Named in 4 reports across 3 stories - 8 Aug – 13 Oct
8 Aug 202613 Oct 2026

The web around Russia’s shadow fleet

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Russia’s shadow fleet. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Russia’s shadow fleet.

Sea of Azov and Unmanned Systems Forces share 1 reportRussian authorities and Russian Shadow Fleet share 1 reportBlack Sea and Unmanned Systems Forces share 1 reportArmed Forces of Ukraine and Sea of Azov share 1 reportFrance and Russia share 1 reportRussian authorities and Sochi share 1 reportArmed Forces of Ukraine and Black Sea share 1 reportBlack Sea and Sea of Azov share 1 reportRussian Shadow Fleet and Sochi share 1 reportArmed Forces of Ukraine and Unmanned Systems Forces share 1 reportRussia’s shadow fleetArmed Forces of U…Armed Forces of Ukraine - 1 shared report (organization)Black SeaBlack Sea - 1 shared report (place)FranceFrance - 1 shared report (place)RussiaRussia - 1 shared report (place)Russian aut…Russian authorities - 1 shared report (organization)Russian Shadow Fl…Russian Shadow Fleet - 1 shared report (organization)Sea of AzovSea of Azov - 1 shared report (place)SochiSochi - 1 shared report (place)UkraineUkraine - 1 shared report (place)Unmanned Sy…Unmanned Systems Forces - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

Russian warship makes ‘AGGRESSIVE’ approach with weapons drawn to US navy cruiser

414 outlets2 reports name Russia’s shadow fleet1 Jul 2016 – 22 Oct 2026

Russian shadow fleet tanker under Ukrainian sanctions catches fire near Sochi

21 outlets1 report names Russia’s shadow fleet6 Oct – 15 Oct

Moment French Navy boards 'shadow fleet' oil tanker in the Indian Ocean

7 outlets1 report names Russia’s shadow fleet13 Oct – 16 Oct

Places in the same coverage

Black Sea1France1Russia1Sea of Azov1Sochi1Ukraine1

Organisations in the same coverage

Armed Forces of Ukraine1Russian authorities1Russian Shadow Fleet1Unmanned Systems Forces1U.S. forces1

Who keeps naming them

Ukrinform (Ukraine)2Kyiv Post (Ukraine)1Al Jazeera English1

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