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Yacht graceful, believed to be one of two yachts belonging to vladimir putin which made it safely to russian harbor on february 10th before anyone can impose sanctions and empowers on him. since the invasion, russian linked diaz also started to go dark. they basically turn off their monitors and disappeared off the map. you cannot see sweat you cannot see. and the same thing is happening with russian oil tankers. a company named windward maritime ai which provides shipping to a variety of custom...

Russian energy. a lot of countries, banks, shipping companies, trading companies, they dont want to do business with russia so theyve all taken a step back, at least publicly. analysts have told me they think theres been this uptick in dark activity because places that are doing business with russia, they dont want to get outed for doing so. >> so its not an official sanction. its sort of reputational saving. >> right. they dont want the pr nightmare that could come after this. they told us they...

These out-of-state corporations dont care about california. but we do. stand with us. russian oil tankers are vanishing from global tracking systems. experts say this so-called dark activity means when trans ponders are turned off for hours and it has spiked 600% among russian affiliated oil tankers. matt eagen is here to explain.

Russias rich and powerful, as they fled to friendlier waters like the yacht graceful, believed to be one of at least two yachts belonging to vladimir putin, which made it safely to a russian harbor on february 10th, before anyone could impose sanctions and impound it. now, since the invasion, russian-linked yachts also started to go dark. theyre basically turned off their transponders and literally disappeared off the map. you cannot seize what you cannot see. and now, the same thing is reported...

So-called dark activity among russian affiliated oil tankers is up by 600% compared with before the war began. thats according to windward a. there are good reasons for ships to go dark, if they are shipping sailing years somalia which is riddled with pirates. but in this case, they dont want the bad publicity that is associated with buying oil from russia right now as it invades a sovereign nation. in the united states, the loss of russian oil from the global market is exacerbating americas own...

Is too broad, he believes it could be abused by the government. then the senate is on a two-week recess, so the question is can it get done quickly or will it get punted until the end of the month? guys. >> manu, we appreciate the update. thank you. right now russian tankers are increasingly disappearing from tracking systems. russians say this so-called dark activity when trtransponders ar dark for hours say this is an effort to cripple sanctions. this isnt just oil tankers going dark. this i...