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Russian replica fregate banned from Finistère

The “Shtandart” will not be able to moor in Brest, nor in any port in Finistère. While it was to participate in the Brest Maritime Festival from July 12 to 17, 2024, the ship will not be able to stay in Brittany. The Finistère prefecture has issued an order prohibiting access to the port in the frame of the restrictive measures linked to the war of Russia against Ukraine. If the decision came so late, it is following the modification of the regulations targeting the Russian fleet. Since June 24, this regulation now includes historic replica ships within the scope of banning access to the ports of European Union member countries. This decree was notified to the captain of the ship, who is therefore not authorized to access the port of Brest, in which he wished to moor from July 10, nor to any other port in the department. Accustomed to large maritime gatherings, it has participated several times in the Brest festivals organized every four years. Since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022, the training ship has continued to participate in several major events such as the Douarnenez maritime festivals, the Armada in Rouen or the Gulf of Morbihan week.

Russian tall ship will not participate in the Escala a Castellón

The 'Shtandart' will not participate in the Escala a Castellón, after a stopover in Sète. The Escale à Sète has barely finished when Escale a Castellón, the next gathering of tall ships, already begins. Many ships present on the island set sail on April 1, 2024, for the maritime event which opens on April 5 in the port of Castellón de la Plana. If the Russian frigate, built according to the plans of the flagship of the fleet of Tsar Peter I, is not on the trip, it is because the organization ultimately opposed its participation, a decision taken by the Spanish municipality under pressure from the Ukrainian population based there. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the ship, which found refuge in the port of La Rochelle, has been at the heart of a geopolitical battle. For the #NoShandartInEurope collective, some of whose activists were present in Sète, welcoming the vessel contravenes European regulations put in place following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2022, the prefect of Hérault took the decision to prohibit the arrival of the ship for Stopover in Sète, forcing the crew to head towards Port-de-Bouc. But its captain Vladimir Martus has presented himself since the start of the conflict as a dissident to Putin and obtained authorization to participate in several gatherings. Vladimir Martus was asked not to fly the Russian flag out of respect for the Ukrainian people.