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Isle of Wight. Its Indian captain has been [charged with breaching UK sanctions on Russia](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/16/russian-shadow-tanker-captain-ajay-pant-remanded-into-custody). On Tuesday, sailors on a Russian frigate, the Admiral Grigorovich, fired warning shots near a British yacht
Isle of Wight](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/isle-of-wight) and less than 40 miles north of Normandy, France, when the yacht, identified as the private vessel Bright Future, sailed close to the Admiral Grigorovich and ignored at least