US sanctions on Russia’s tanker fleet are facing challenges, with blacklisted vessels loading and shipping Russian crude. Crude flows from Russian ports rose by 300,000 barrels per day in the four weeks to March 9, reaching 3.37 million barrels, the highest since November 2023. If President Trump reverses Biden’s sanctions, it may ease Russia’s difficulties in exporting oil, particularly to India, which was a major destination for Russian Arctic crude.