Russian influence
Leaving Dunkirk on Saturday November 15, the Mikhail Dudin, carrying about 10 containers of reprocessed uranium containing traces of plutonium and other fission products, arrived in the Russian port of Ust-Luga on Wednesday November 26. It takes about 5 days for parcels from Ust-Luga to arrive by rail at Tomsk-7, the secret city in Siberia now known by the euphemism of Seversk.
Coke and livestock at sea
The sea transport of cows and sheep serves as a cover for international cocaine trafficking. In its report about “78 EU-approved livestock carriers” (2021) written with the support of the German NGOs Animal Welfare Foundation and Tierschutzbund Zürich, Robin des Bois had already noted that “during the trading life of livestock carriers, additional and illegal traffics have been reported or suspected.”
Spiridon II – The ghost livestock carrier
Press release n°4 – 9:15 a.m.
Update – November 27, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Last minute news and latest twist
Dramatic turn of events
Spiridon II – Press release n°3
Instead of returning to Montevideo (Uruguay), the Spiridon II turned back and is now in the port of Benghazi in Libya.
26,000 km at sea for nearly 3,000 cows
Spiridon II – Press release n°2
The Spiridon II, 52 years old, flying the Togolese flag, left Montevideo, Uruguay, on September 19 with her live “goods”, arrived off the coast of Bandirma, Türkiye, on October 22, was quarantined for 23 days, and then set sail again for Montevideo with her “cargo”. She is scheduled to arrive in mid-December.Livestock carriers: 2,901 cows in distress
Spiridon II – Press release n°1
In this 52-year-old livestock carrier in quarantine off Bandırma in Türkiye, around 20 men and 2,853 cows are trapped in an unworthy and shamefully persistent international business.
