Sunk tankers had violated the law, but is this just a way for the administration to wash its hands?
Sunk tankers had violated the law, but is this just a way for the administration to wash its hands?
EADaily, April 4th, 2025. Rostransnadzor, together with experts from the Ministry of Transport and Rosmorrechflot, came to the conclusion that the captains and owners of vessels are to blame for the collapse of tankers near the Kerch Strait and the spill of thousands of tons of fuel oil into the Bla...
"The (Rostransnadzor) commissions have established that the main causes of accidents are non—compliance by ship captains and shipowners with restrictions on the season of navigation of vessels in the sea areas of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait," the Ministry of Transport reports.
But in a dysfunctional state like Russia laws are impossible to abide for everyone. It's just that they are enforced only when those in power have interest to do so. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_Soviet_Union