Jean-Marc Jancovici

L'Allemagne s'efforce samedi de sécuriser un pétrolier en difficulté et d'éviter une marée noire en mer Baltique, un navire accusé de faire partie de la "flotte fantôme russe", souvent vétuste, par laquelle Moscou exporte son pétrole malgré les sanctions. Le pétrolier Eventin, avec 99.000 tonnes de pétrole à bord, se trouve en situation de "détresse" et est en panne de moteurs après une coupure de courant, selon le centre de commandement allemand pour les urgences maritimes.

The Ukrainian crisis has revived an old debate: how to effectively sanction a state like Russia? Let’s say it straight away: it is time to imagine a new type of sanction focused on the oligarchs who have prospered thanks to the regime in question. This will require the establishment of an international financial register, which will not be to the liking of western fortunes, whose interests are much more closely linked to those of the Russian and Chinese oligarchs than is sometimes claimed. However, it is at this price that western countries will succeed in winning the political and moral battle against the autocracies and in demonstrating to the world that the resounding speeches on democracy and justice are not simply empty words.