The U.S., EU and UK are pressuring Liberia, the Marshall Islands and Panama to increase oversight of ships carrying their flags to ensure they do not transport Russian oil sold above the price cap, a source who has seen the communications to the countries said on Friday. The move marks another escalation in the West's efforts to enforce the $60 price cap on seaborne shipments of Russian oil it imposed to punish Moscow for its war in Ukraine. The cap, which aims to reduce Russia's export revenues while maintaining flows of oil around the world, was imposed in late 2022 but has only recently been enforced.
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