UK charges Indian captain over seized Russian shadow tanker

British prosecutors on Monday charged with sanctions contravention offences the Indian captain of an interdicted alleged Russian shadow fleet vessel seized in the Channel, the UK's National Crime Agency said.

"Indian national Ajay Pant, 38, has been charged," the agency said in a statement, alleging he had contravened sanctions by "directly or indirectly supplying or delivering by ship prohibited oil / oil products from Russia to a third country".