00:00 — Introduction
00:57 — The Sanctions That Built a Shadow Navy
04:44 — Wrap Up
Sources:
- Trump administration allows for Russian oil sales as energy prices soar (The Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/12/russian-oil-sanctions-lifted-iran/
- Russia sees Trump's moves on oil as a financial windfall during Iran war (The Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/14/russia-oil-sanction-iran-war-trump/
- Trump eases Russian oil sanctions as Iran war sends prices spiking (NBC News): https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/trump-eases-russian-oil-sanctions-iran-war-prices-ukraine-europe-rcna263310
- Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil (CNN): https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/energy/us-russia-sanctions-relief-oil-hnk-intl
- U.S. eases some sanctions on Russian oil, but crude prices remain high (PBS): https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-eases-some-sanctions-on-russian-oil-but-crude-prices-remain-high
- U.S. lifts sanctions on Russian oil already loaded onto tankers (Fortune): https://fortune.com/2026/03/14/us-sanctions-russian-oil-tankers-crude-prices-shipments-strait-of-hormuz/
- Trump Faces European Rebuke Over Easing Russian Oil Sanctions (TIME): https://time.com/article/2026/03/13/trump-europe-russia-oil-sanctions-iran-war/
- Treasury Intensifies Sanctions Against Russia by Targeting Oil Production and Exports (U.S. Department of the Treasury): https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2777
- How Iran, China, and Russia Use the Shadow Fleet to Evade US Sanctions (Middle East Institute): https://mei.edu/policymemo/how-iran-china-and-russia-use-the-shadow-fleet-to-evade-us-sanctions/
- Russian shadow fleet (Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_shadow_fleet
- Is a Shadow Fleet Really Circumventing the Russian Price Cap? (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace): https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2024/09/russia-oil-fleet-sanctions?lang=en
- Trump Lifts Certain Russia-Related Oil Sanctions (Global Economic Report): https://www.globaleconomicreport.com/trump-lifts-certain-russia-related-oil-sanctions/
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