Horn of Africa, the secret anchorage of Iranian and Russian oil

According to the exclusive report of Energy Press, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the relentless targeting of ships in the Red Sea by the Yemeni National Army are not small conflicts, each of which has a continuing impact on the financial markets as well as the energy sector. However, experts warn that the Horn of Africa is where attention should be focused, as the region has become a hot spot for Moscow and Tehran.
New blind spot
Scholars have recently outlined the various interests in the Red Sea and how a number of internal, transboundary and regional conflicts all affect or are affected by the region. In Sudan, foreign forces are intervening and the United Arab Emirates is supporting the Rapid Support militia. At the same time, Russia and Iran support the armed forces of Sudan. The United Arab Emirates, which already has access to the Red Sea, is backing the Rapid Support Force to protect its assets in Sudan, while Russia and Iran are backing the other front as they want to build naval bases in Sudan on the Red Sea.
Of course, UAE is one step ahead of Iran and Russia with this Red Sea agenda. The Emiratis have been building military installations along the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea in recent years, particularly around Yemen, where they control much of the south.
Meanwhile, Ansarullah’s attacks on the Red Sea continue to pose serious challenges to shipping in this waterway. However, reports show that oil tankers belonging to China and Russia easily pass through this vital passage. According to experts, the void created in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa has caused countries like Russia to take advantage of this blind spot to improve their mechanism to circumvent oil sanctions. According to these experts, this mechanism allows Moscow to use this area to unload its oil tankers and bypass trade sanctions, which causes the country’s oil economy to continue to spin and be affected as much as the West expects. According to the Bloomberg report, most of the Russian oil shipments exported from the country’s ports in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea continue to go through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to go to India and China. Meanwhile, the tense situation in the Red Sea, according to these experts, is the best option for countries that want to take advantage of this turmoil to avoid restrictions on energy exports.