Thread by @PutinIsAVirus

#Russia oligarchs #YachtWatch map v18:
-ECLIPSE is crossing Gibraltar now
-MY SOLARIS reached Tivat, Montenegro a #NATO country...
-❌ added on "SAILING YACHT A" 🇮🇹👊🍾
-NORD has left the Seychelles sailing ... well, north.

Keep the pressure up
#Ukraine #Sanctions
+ short🧵

Been asked a lot about AIS, why some times positions aren't transmitted, if it is legal or if it is evidence of occultation attempts a couple of points:

-Many vessels don't have satellite AIS but rely on radio transmission which simply won't reach far enough to be received by ground stations. So when positions stop updating at sea, its often perfectly normal

-When in port, most vessels switch AIS (together with other equipment) off, so position won't be updated, BUT they will have to switch it back on to leave port.
This is perfectly normal. If last position, even if old, is in a port, means the vessel is still be there.

-When in international waters, vessels aren't obliged to transmit AIS as opposed to when transiting straits or being in territorial waters of a country (at least for most countries).

-For VIP's it is a standard practice that of switching AIS off when possible/legal for privacy reasons, this has always been true for western or Russian yacht owners. Obviously there are more reasons now, but not in itself proof of anything.

More info and updates on the yachts :

https://twitter.com/PutinIsAVirus/status/1499074765323214848?s=20&t=hHbsR0RK5QzYE3iETQhcZA