In December 2025, Visegrad24 published an article by Alexander Francis Shaw discussing the situation of the Russian ship Shtandart and its exclusion from UK ports and the Tall Ships Races. I am grateful for the attention it has brought to this important matter.
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The case of the sailing ship Shtandart: defending maritime heritage against misinterpretation and harassment
The website shtandart.eu has just published an article entitled “The Case of the Sailing Ship Shtandart: Defending Maritime Heritage Against Misinterpretation and Harassment.” This text devotes many pages to portraying the Russian frigate Shtandart as an innocent cultural project, while turning its attacks personally against Bernard Grua, spokesperson of the collective No Shtandart in Europe.
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.
Analyse rhétorique du président de l’association « Les Amis des Grands Voiliers — Sail Training Association France » concernant le navire russe « Shtandart » sous sanctions.
Une lettre de Michel Balique, président de l’organisation Les Amis des Grands Voiliers — Sail Training Association France, datée du 3 janvier 2025, fournit un résumé remarquable de la rhétorique utilisée contre les militants qui s’opposent au non-respect des sanctions par le navire russe Shtandart au cours des trois dernières années.
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.
Det sanktionerede russiske skib « Shtandart » har planlagt en ulovlig mellemlanding i Esbjerg den 8. til 9. august 2025 under « Tall Ships Races ».
Det sanktionerede russiske skib Shtandart, MMSI 518999255, har planlagt en ulovlig mellemlanding i Esbjerg fra den 8. til den 9. august 2025 under festivalen « Tall Ships Races ». Det kan også foretage uanmeldte og uautoriserede mellemlandinger i andre havne. Se venligst det brev, vi har sendt til Udenrigsministeriet og de maritime og toldmyndigheder i Kongeriget Danmark nedenfor.
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.
« No Shtandart in Europe » répond à la lettre du ministère britannique des transports concernant le navire russe sous sanctions « Shtandart ».
No Shtandart in Europe » souhaite remercier le ministère britannique des transports pour sa lettre aimable et détaillée du 18 juillet 2025, et porter à son attention quelques informations précieuses. Cela concerne le navire russe sous sanctions Shtandart, MMSI : 518999255.
The "Shtandart" In Europe 