France would almost certainly assist any Irish effort to seize Russia’s “Shadow Fleet”

Filed by Elara Myst

 Andrew KorybkoAug 23, 2026 That’s because Ireland recently became a French protectorate according to Foreign Policy magazine.Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Filatov warned his host country in early August that the “most serious consequences” might follow Dublin dispatching the Irish Army to board vessels suspected of violating the anti-Russian sanctions after the recent passing of related legislation for allowing this. For background, Ireland is formally neutral but...