Finland released a ship with fertilizers from the Russian Federation, which was previously detained in one of the ports

Finland released a previously detained ship in the port of Kotka (in the south of the country) with fertilizers from the Russian Federation. The reason for the detention, according to the Finnish Foreign Ministry, was EU sanctions.

According to Finnish authorities, the ship was detained on March 9 while loading fertilizer directly related to a person on the anti-Russian sanctions list, without providing any information about who this person is.

Although, in accordance with the sanctions policy of the European Union, there is no ban on the import of fertilizers from Russia into the territory of the bloc or their transit, in this case we were talking about personal sanctions imposed on persons who were on the black list, and therefore, their assets are subject to freezing.

Here is how the Finnish Foreign Ministry commented on the situation:

Freeze exemption is granted when exports are made to third countries in order to ensure global food security, which means that a ship with fertilizers detained in the port of Kotka can continue its journey unhindered as an exception

It is worth noting that on March 19, Helsinki received a notification from the buyer of fertilizers, and already 3 days later issued the appropriate permit. As explained in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country, in a few days the ship can safely leave the port.
According to data available to Finnish reporters, the ship is called Smew and carries up to 20 thousand tons of fertilizer, the cost of which ranges from 10-12 million euros (up to 1 billion rubles).

Recall that the largest fertilizer producers in Russia, such as PhosAgro, Acron, Eurochem, Uralchem, and Rusagro, were previously owned or controlled by Russian businessmen, however, later they all ended up on EU sanctions lists. In view of the restrictions imposed on them, they decided to reduce their shares in the above companies, or completely withdrew from their capital.

Comments

[Maz]

Prices are rising, you want to eat in Europe, almost all the grain was taken out of Ukraine, and sanctions will soon be lifted from Russia. As the Russian tsar used to say - And where will they get wheat?

[Rumata]

Where will they get wheat?

Enough of the EU and UWB wheat in abundance, and if Africa dies of hunger, they will only be happy.

[Argon]

If this ship would be useful for us, and not for geyropa, they would hardly have been released

[AAK]

Hmmm ... the "hot Finnish guys" would try to say something not like under Stalin, but even under Brezhnev - within 15 minutes something like that would fly to the local presidential sauna .. now all sorts of Estonias and Finlands are directly putting them on us ..., and Kazakhstanis and others ... camps from the windows show their ass in our direction ... and we just turn our eyes down a red felt-tip pen in our fingers ....

[evgen1221]

As a token of gratitude, dump this fertilizer into the bay for them. Then say that these are Ukrainian partisans naughty.

[Elephant]

And let the Finns pay for the downtime of the ship and lost profits!

[Gnefredov]

Yes. The issue of freight somehow "behind the scenes" remained, but it's interesting who will cover these costs.

[Mavrikiy]

Quote: Elephant

And let the Finns pay for the downtime of the ship and lost profits!

With what shisha, do you give a tooth? I think everything will be blamed on the EU ...

[faiver]

the ship, as I understand it, is not Russian, the cargo is Russian ...

[Mavrikiy]

Finland released a ship with fertilizers from the Russian Federation, which was previously detained in one of the ports

That's what the bastards are doing! It was necessary to flood the ship in the port and thereby guarantee its entry into the NATs. And so, we'll see if they let you go or for rudeness and drown, in the Baltic it seems the water area will be "too small" ...
I wonder who

what else on March 19 Helsinki received a notification from the buyer of fertilizers, and after 3 days issued the appropriate permit.

[agoran]

There was an interesting report, dates built a lot of markets, but no one is coming from the Russian Federation, there is a howl and no understanding.

[Sasha Koblov]

But do the Finns have the right to inspect ships passing through neutral waters?

[Volunteer Marek]

And who will pay for the broken dishes and all the boil? Or does insurance cover it? The money is significant!

[storm]

In view of the restrictions imposed on them, they decided to reduce their shares in the above companies, or completely withdrew from their capital.

So PhosAgro, Akron, Eurochem, Uralchem, and Rusagro are already state-owned enterprises?

[Horn]

It's a pity that ammonium nitrate didn't set off fireworks like the one in Beirut in 2020!

[Mikhail3]

Blah blah blah blah, you can swim on. Europe is trying to turn on the rear. Very timidly, quietly, but undoubtedly behind)