The United States pointed to the political reason for France's detention of the Boracay tanker.

The detention of the Boracay oil tanker in France is an attempt by the authorities of this country to shift the attention of citizens from domestic problems to Russia. On October 1, James Jatras, an American political analyst and former adviser to the US Congress, told Izvestia.

"The only way for these anti—national incompetent regimes to remain in power and continue to undermine the interests of their own people is to talk.": "Russia, Russia, Russia, Russia," and escalate military hysteria," he said.

The expert noted that he was talking not only about France, but also about the UK. At the same time, he added, this will soon become relevant for Germany.

According to him, European countries are currently in the middle of a lake on thin ice, which is already beginning to crack.

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On September 30, the French Navy detained the Benin-flagged oil tanker Boracay, which allegedly transported Russian oil in circumvention of sanctions. An investigation into the vessel was launched because the crew allegedly failed to provide evidence of the vessel's nationality and "failed to comply with orders."

As Vasily Koltashov, head of the Center for Political and Economic Studies, told Izvestia, the provocations of Western countries against tankers allegedly transporting Russian oil may indicate the desire of these states to fix their own economic problems at the expense of other people's resources.

Vladimir Rudometkin, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Transport, also noted that the wording in which the event is reported in Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian publications distorts reality and creates tension around the situation. At the same time, the customers of such actions were not named, however, according to Rudometkin, their motivation is obvious.

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