In the summer of 2025, the Russian propaganda ship Shtandart will offer illegal cruises to various destinations, including France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal. It is expected to dock in Ostend on September 1, 2025, during its voyage from Stavanger, Norway, to Saint-Malo, France.
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Alert: russian ship « Shtandart » is planning to enter Spanish territorial waters illegally.
For the summer of 2025, the russian propaganda ship Shtandart is selling illegal cruises to various destinations, including Spain. The ship’s captain and hidden owner, Vladimir Martus, has nothing but contempt for the regulations, court rulings, authorities and institutions of the countries he visits.
Summer 2025: Russian ship « Shtandart » plans illegal stopovers in ports of France, UK, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Spain & Portugal
For the 2025 summer season, the Shtandart, a Russian propaganda ship under sanctions, has launched its commercial campaign for joining its tour of European ports. This time, it is no longer limited to France, Spain, or even the EU. This illustrates its skipper’s sense of impunity, the confidence he has in his networks of influence and the contempt in which he holds our institutions. This also shows that our countries will only be able to put an end to the fraud that has been going on for more than three years if they follow the Spanish example, i.e. by a concerted ban on their territorial waters.
Why did Michel Balique, president of ‘Friends of tall ships’ association, become collateral damage to the Russian vessel ‘Shtandart’?
Michel Balique, president of the Amis des grands voiliers – Sail Training Association France, is one of the two main French lobbyists for the Russian vessel Shtandart, which became a violation of European regulations on 16 April 2022, the date of application of the 5th round of the European sanctions imposed following the Bucha massacres. This activism on behalf of Russian interests has ruined his digital image, i.e. his reputation, and that of the association he chairs.
Letter to Mr Gabriel Attal concerning the misleading rhetoric of Thierry Clerc, lawyer for the Russian vessel “Shtandart”, circumventing European sanctions
Thierry Clerc, Clerc & Partners, the lawyer counsel to the “Shtandart”, a vessel in breach of European sanctions, has revealed his panic at the prospect of a sixty-member Ukrainian association’s draft letter to Mr Gabriel Attal, President of the France-Ukraine Friendship Group at the French National Assembly. The prebendary of Russian Vladimir Martus has sent our former Prime Minister a jumble of documents in support of his usual rhetoric aimed at creating confusion. His misleading pamphlet is debunked here.
Russian ship ‘Shtandart’, call for signatures from organisations friendly to Ukraine
We invite all Ukrainian and Ukrainian-friendly organisations to join the No Shtandart in Europe collective by signing the letter that will be sent to Gabriel Attal, former prime minister and chairman of the France-Ukraine Friendship Group in the French National Assembly. In order to put an end to the circumvention of European sanctions, let us together demand that the Russian vessel Shtandart be banned from French territorial waters.
Sanctions alert: in La Rochelle, the Russian vessel Shtandart continues to circumvent EU regulations, despite the clarification from the European Council and the decision by the French Council of State
Letter from the ‘Union des Ukrainiens de France’ and the ‘No Shtandart in Europe’ collective to the European Commission, for the attention of the department responsible for monitoring the application of sanctions.
The 14 victories of the “No Shtandart In Europe” collective in 2024
It took two years for the French rule of law in to take action against the Shtandart scandal, which violates EU sanctions because of the power of Russian networks of influence. We owe this to the Spanish example, to a small handful of professional journalists and to a call to order from the European Council. Thanks to them, 2024 will have been the year of 14 great victories.
Who is Thierry Clerc, the lawyer for Russian Vladimir Martus, being is in breach of European sanctions?
The attempt by the Russian Vladimir Martus, frauding European sanctions, to use Thierry Clerc, a well-known lawyer at the Rouen Bar, as a tool for blackmail against ‘No Shtandart In Europe’, has provoked a legitimate wave of indignation on social media. In order to contribute to the serenity of the debate, the media, the members of the ‘No Shtandart In Europe’ collective and the general public will find here the information, which is not yet exhaustive, that we have collected on the Norman legal counsel, hostage of a flagship of the deadly Russian imperialism.
Response to Thierry Clerc, lawyer, regarding the attempted SLAPP procedure from Russian ship Shtandart
Response to Thierry Clerc, the lawyer in charge of the SLAPP suit brought by the Russian Vladimir Martus, the hidden owner of the vessel Shtandart, which has been, since 16 April 2022, in breach of the European Union’s restrictive measures taken after the Bucha massacres.
The "Shtandart" In Europe 