法国当局已释放了上月扣押并转向马赛的“影子舰队”油轮Deyna号，该船因涉嫌在无合法旗帜的情况下运营而被拦截。
法国海军人员于3月20日登船进行旗帜核实。他们将该船引向福斯湾进行调查，最终因缺乏合法船旗提出指控。在本周三提交给马赛司法法院的辩诉中，船东同意支付罚款以了结此案；该船曾声称在莫桑比克注册，但船东承认未向调查人员提供任何国籍证明。Deyna号在支付罚款后迅速离开港口，截至周四，它已再次在美中海航行，目的地为中国。
Deyna号是自去年秋天以来被法国军队扣押的第三艘与俄罗斯有关的油轮。此前的扣押对象包括疑似作为隐蔽无人机发射平台的Boracay号，以及同样被登舰并罚款的Grinch号。
当Deyna号在3月被登舰时，法国总统马克龙将该船与俄罗斯能源出口及乌克兰冲突挂钩。他当时表示：“这些规避国际制裁并违反海洋法的船只，是战争的投机商。他们在资助俄方战争行动的同时大肆敛财。我们绝不允许这种情况发生。”
Authorities in France have released the shadow fleet tanker Deyna, which was captured last month and diverted to Marseilles on suspicion of operating without a legitimate flag.
French Navy personnel boarded the ship on March 20 for a flag verification. They diverted it to the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer for an investigation, which resulted in charges of lack of a flag.
In a plea filed Wednesday at the Marseilles Judicial Court, the owner of the ship agreed to pay a fine to settle the matter; the vessel had claimed to be registered in Mozambique, but the owner admitted that no proof of nationality had been provided to investigators.
Deyna swiftly left port after the fine was paid, and as of Thursday it was under way once more in the Mediterranean, headed for China.
The Deyna was the third Russia-linked tanker detained by French forces since last fall. Previous captures include the Boracay, suspected of serving as a covert drone launch platform, and the Grinch, which was also boarded and fined.
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When Deyna was boarded in March, French President Emmanuel Macron linked the ship to Russian energy exports and the ongoing war in Ukraine.
"These vessels, which evade international sanctions and violate the law of the sea, are profiteers of war. They line their pockets while helping finance Russia’s war effort. We will not allow it," he said at the time.