Event 898

{
  "category": "Maritime",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Headline, image captions, and article body confirm the vessel's detention by Russian authorities following its departure from Estonia, and provide the timeline and actors involved.",
  "countries": [
    "Russia",
    "Estonia",
    "Greece",
    "Baltic Sea Region"
  ],
  "country": "Russia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Russian authorities detained a Greek oil tanker after it left an Estonian port and sailed on a pre-agreed route through Russian territorial waters. This incident follows recent attempts by Estonia to stop shadow fleet vessels linked to sanctions evasion.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-05-18T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot headline confirms detention of a Greek oil tanker by Russia after departure from Estonia.",
    "Article body and structured data specify pre-agreed route and location in Russian territorial waters.",
    "Context of ongoing issues with 'shadow fleet' tankers evading sanctions provided by report."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"Russian authorities on Sunday detained a Greek oil tanker after it left an Estonian port while sailing on a pre-agreed route in Russia's territorial waters.\"",
    "\"The incident comes several days after Estonia attempted to stop a Russian shadow fleet vessel.\""
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609697907/russia-detains-oil-tanker-after-leaving-estonian-port"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Shadow Fleet Escalation",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot headline confirms detention of a Greek oil tanker by Russia after departure from Estonia.",
            "Article body and structured data specify pre-agreed route and location in Russian territorial waters.",
            "Context of ongoing issues with 'shadow fleet' tankers evading sanctions provided by report."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Russia detains oil tanker after leaving Estonian port",
  "location_text": "Russia's territorial waters, after departure from Estonian port",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_898_1763942086_2f49aeee.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Russian Navy escalates presence by seizing tanker post-??Estonian port departure; EU responds with joint action appeal.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://news.err.ee/1609697907/russia-detains-oil-tanker-after-leaving-estonian-port"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russian authorities detained a Greek oil tanker after leaving an Estonian port while on a pre-agreed route in Russian territorial waters.",
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609697907/russia-detains-oil-tanker-after-leaving-estonian-port"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "shadow fleet escalation",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;BSR",
  "Date": "18-May-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Russian Navy escalates presence by seizing tanker post-??Estonian port departure; EU responds with joint action appeal.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Russian Navy detains tanker after it left ??Estonian port; EU ministers demand coordinated action on shadow fleet",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://news.err.ee/1609697907/russia-detains-oil-tanker-after-leaving-estonian-port",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}