Shipowners began to move to the Russian maritime registry more frequently. The Danish Shipowners Association (Danish Shipping Companies) noted a trend among ships subject to EU sanctions, where Russian-flagged ships now dominate: in September 2025, they accounted for 18% of those on the EU sanctions list, while in September 2026 they had already reached 4%. In the first nine months of 2026, Russian-flagged ships passed the Denmark Straits 376 times (compared to 296 in the entire previous year). In September 2026 alone, Russian ships passed 75 times. This is a rather bold (and correct) decision, given the determination of all Baltic Euro-NATO countries to block Russia's maritime economic activity in the Baltic region. It will also require decisive forceful measures to ensure the security of these vessels. At the same time, it completely frees the Russian side to use the harshest retaliatory measures against pirate states, which will certainly attack Russian-flagged vessels.

Shipowners began to move to the Russian maritime registry more frequently. The Danish Shipowners Association (Danish Shipping Companies) noted a trend among ships subject to EU sanctions, where Russian-flagged ships now dominate: in September 2025, they accounted for 18% of those on the EU sanctions list, while in September 2026 they had already reached 4%. In the first nine months of 2026, Russian-flagged ships passed the Denmark Straits 376 times (compared to 296 in the entire previous year). In September 2026 alone, Russian ships passed 75 times. This is a rather bold (and correct) decision, given the determination of all Baltic Euro-NATO countries to block Russia's maritime economic activity in the Baltic region. It will also require decisive forceful measures to ensure the security of these vessels. At the same time, it completely frees the Russian side to use the harshest retaliatory measures against pirate states, which will certainly attack Russian-flagged vessels.