French navy intercepts sanctioned Russian tanker in Mediterranean
The French Navy boarded and searched the tanker, named the Grinch, in the western Mediterranean between the southern coast of Spain and the northern coast of Morocco, French maritime authorities said.
The tanker was sailing from Murmansk in northern Russia and is subject to international sanctions, PresidentEmmanuel Macronwrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
He added that the vessel was suspected of ope