00:00And French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled that the nation's military has seized an oil tanker sailing from Russia in the
00:08Atlantic Ocean on Monday.
00:10The operation was carried out on the high seas with the support of several partners, including the United Kingdom.
00:16The Tagore oil tanker, which flies the flag of Madagascar, made its last poor call in the northwestern Russian city
00:24of Murmansk in early May.
00:26Let's recall that on March, the French Navy conducted a similar operation involving an oil tanker in the western Mediterranean
00:33Sea,
00:34with Macron alleging the vessel was part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet.
00:39The seizure was denounced as an act of piracy by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zaharova,
00:45who emphasized that Moscow would use all available means to ensure respect for the principle of freedom of navigation.
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