By disconnecting its Automatic identification system (AIS) between Norway and France and making a secret stopover in the port of Hvide Sande, the sanctioned Russian ship Shtandart has sparked a wave of outrage and suspicion in Denmark. However, can we claim that it is a Russian spy ship, as suggested by tvSyd, a Danish media ?
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The “Shtandart” explicitly banned – the Court of Justice of the European Union puts an end to its deceptive narrative
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)has confirmed that the Russian ship Shtandart has been subject to port sanctions since 16 April 2022. With Vladimir Martus having made public the confidential correspondence received on this subject, a number of organisations and institutions that chose to ignore the texts and disregard the well-founded warnings communicated to them could find themselves in an awkward position.
Press review: Russian ship ‘Shtandart’ in Denmark, July 2025
In the summer of 2025, the Shtandart used all the stratagems of ships belonging to the Russian shadow fleet. But a journalist, alerted by the disconnection of his AIS, foiled the sanctions-avoidance scenario, provoking a wave of indignation in Denmark against the fraudster.
Au cours de l’été 2025, le Shtandart a utilisé tous les stratagèmes des navires appartenant à la flotte fantôme russe. Mais un journaliste, alerté par la déconnexion de son AIS, a déjoué le scénario de contournement des sanctions, provoquant une vague d’indignation, au Danemark, contre le fraudeur.
The Russian ship ‘Shtandart’, which is subject to sanctions, has been docked in La Rochelle since 7 p.m. on Thursday, 14 August 2025.
Patrice Bernier, dock master at La Rochelle marina, is one of the three key figures behind the installation of the Shtandart in the Charente city, after the European Council’s vote on sanctions. During another illegal stopover by the Russian ship, he was reminded of European regulations. He was also sent the recent formal notice addressed to the prefect, Brice Blondel.
SHTANDART CASE: Mor Glaz’s Role in Russia’s Sanctions Evasion
Shtandart: Jean-Paul Hellequin, head of Mor Glaz, runs a campaign to break the blockade.
Uses fabricated humanitarian pretexts to force entry.
Gains mass coverage in Kremlin-controlled media.
A rhetorical analysis of the president of the ‘Les Amis des Grands Voiliers — Sail Training Association France’ in relation to the sanctioned Russian ship, ‘Shtandart’.
Dated 3 January 2025, a letter from Michel Balique, president of Les Amis des Grands Voiliers — Sail Training Association France, provides a remarkable summary of the rhetoric used against activists opposing the Russian ship Shtandart’s failure to comply with sanctions over the past three years.
How did « Les Amis des Grands Voiliers – Sail Training Association France » deviate from its mandate and damage its reputation by promoting an illicit circumvention of EU sanctions ?
Michel Balique ridiculed and discredited Les Amis des Grands Voiliers primarily by converting its platform into a pro‑Shtandart lobbying machine, repeatedly dodging substantive legal critique, and replacing it with rhetorical excess and personal invective. The result, according to critics, was to tarnish the association’s founders’ intentions and academic legitimacy, presenting it as complicit in illicit circumvention of EU sanctions.
Why is the sanctioned ship ‘Shtandart’ part of the Russian shadow fleet?
The Shtandart MMSI 518999255, a Russian vessel under sanctions, claims not to be under a Russian flag, to be managed by a German company, and to be owned by a Finnish citizen. Given that it frequently disconnects its AIS, it is clear that this is a set-up designed to circumvent the sanctions, and that the Shtandart is a vessel belonging to the Russian shadow fleet. Meanwhile, in order to fuel public outrage and hatred against the authorities and the institutions, the Shtandart’s skipper and hidden owner pretends that it is because he was « once born in Russia » that his ship is sanctioned.
Why will, very soon, the sanctioned ship « Shtandart » represent Russian interests in Norway?
Vladimir Martus, the Russian fraudster who is the skipper and hidden owner of the Shtandart, delivered his usual stream of lies to the Norwegian Directorate for Export Control and Sanctions. But he did even better than that. He placed himself on an equal footing with the Norwegian authorities. He reserved, for himself, the right to act as he wishes, according to his ‘interpretation’ of the law or to his fallacious presentation of the ‘spirit of the sanctions policy’. We have sent a letter detailing what this outlaw is trying to hide, and debunking the disinformation spread by this Moscow propaganda agent. It is high time that this vatnik and his gopniks gang are firmly reminded that Norway is neither Russia nor Ukrainian territory occupied by the Russian army.
A debunking of the main false allegations produced by the sanctioned Russian ship « Shtandart »
For more than three years, the fictional story of the Russian ship Shtandart, which was designed to circumvent sanctions imposed as a result of Russia’s criminal aggression against Ukraine, has been protean. It is constantly fed to maximise confusion. Here, we will focus on debunking the most commonly used misinformation from the summer of 2025.
The "Shtandart" In Europe 