00:00Что мы знаем о Абинске?
00:06А cargo ship accused by Ukraine
00:08of carrying grain from Russia's
00:10occupied territory
00:11has docked in Israel
00:12and left port.
00:14Tracking data shows
00:15that Russia's flagged
00:16bulk carrier
00:17arrived at the port of Haifa
00:19on the 12th of April
00:20and departed on the 15th of April.
00:23After leaving the port,
00:24the vessel's statues
00:25changed to in ballast,
00:26meaning it was no longer
00:28carrying cargo.
00:29Its destination is listed
00:30as the Turkish port of Çanakkale.
00:33In a statement,
00:34Ukraine's foreign ministry
00:35said it had warned
00:36Israeli authorities
00:37in advance about the vessel
00:38and the possible origin
00:40of its cargo
00:40from occupied Ukrainian territory.
00:42So if the cargo was disputed,
00:45why was the ship allowed to dock?
00:47It's because there is no global ban
00:48on Russian grain exports.
00:50While the European Union
00:51bans imports for occupied Crimea
00:53because it considers
00:55Russia's annexation illegal,
00:57these rules only apply
00:58in the bloc.
00:59Countries like Turkey
01:01and Israel are not banned
01:02by these sanctions,
01:04meaning enforcement
01:05depends on national law.
01:07However,
01:07some NGOs are urging Ukraine's allies
01:09to recognize grain seizures
01:11from Crimea
01:12as looting and impose sanctions
01:14on the vessels
01:15and companies involved.
01:17Ukrainian investigators
01:18from the Sea Crime Project
01:19say that at least 7,500 tons
01:22of the cargo carried by Abins
01:24may have initially been loaded
01:26in occupied Crimea.
01:27They claim it was transferred
01:28between vessels
01:29and then exported
01:31from the port of Kafkas
01:32as a Russian export.
01:33Ukraine considers such export
01:35illegal
01:36and that they may amount
01:37to looting
01:38under international law.
01:39But without binding
01:40international restrictions,
01:42shipments and vessels
01:43like this
01:44can still move
01:44through global ports.
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