Russian shadow fleet

Russian shadow fleet - vessels illegally operated by Russia. Article “Russian shadow fleet” in English Wikipedia has 80.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 118 references and 13 sections.

This article has the best quality in Polish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Russian shadow fleet” was edited by 9 authors in English Wikipedia (9430^th place) and written by 26 authors in all languages (6446^th place).

Since the creation of article “Russian shadow fleet”, its content was written by 71 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 159 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 70 times in English Wikipedia and cited 867 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5399 in December 2025
• Global: #1904 in December 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #39540 in January 2026
• Global: #36731 in January 2026

There are 16 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Polish (pl) Rosyjska flota cieni		89.0761
2	English (en) Russian shadow fleet		80.5766
3	Korean (ko) 러시아 그림자 함대		71.2506
4	Ukrainian (uk) Тіньовий флот Росії		67.4601
5	German (de) Russische Schattenflotte		66.7298
6	Norwegian (no) Russlands skyggeflåte		59.5892
7	Finnish (fi) Venäjän varjolaivasto		58.8934
8	Russian (ru) Теневой флот России		55.6409
9	Estonian (et) Venemaa varilaevastik		50.4287
10	Portuguese (pt) Frota sombra russa		46.5864

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Russian shadow fleet" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Russian shadow fleet		170 627
2	Russian (ru) Теневой флот России		82 504
3	French (fr) Flotte fantôme russe		35 303
4	Finnish (fi) Venäjän varjolaivasto		18 897
5	German (de) Russische Schattenflotte		13 088
6	Ukrainian (uk) Тіньовий флот Росії		5 331
7	Spanish (es) Flota en la sombra rusa		2 760
8	Danish (da) Ruslands skyggeflåde		2 404
9	Norwegian (no) Russlands skyggeflåte		1 847
10	Portuguese (pt) Frota sombra russa		1 028

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Russian shadow fleet" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Russian shadow fleet		17 785
2	Russian (ru) Теневой флот России		3 322
3	French (fr) Flotte fantôme russe		2 194
4	German (de) Russische Schattenflotte		1 992
5	Spanish (es) Flota en la sombra rusa		364
6	Swedish (sv) Ryska skuggflottan		247
7	Finnish (fi) Venäjän varjolaivasto		216
8	Ukrainian (uk) Тіньовий флот Росії		214
9	Czech (cs) Ruská stínová flotila		189
10	Norwegian (no) Russlands skyggeflåte		169

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Russian shadow fleet" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Russian shadow fleet		71
2	French (fr) Flotte fantôme russe		17
3	German (de) Russische Schattenflotte		14
4	Russian (ru) Теневой флот России		11
5	Ukrainian (uk) Тіньовий флот Росії		11
6	Finnish (fi) Venäjän varjolaivasto		7
7	Estonian (et) Venemaa varilaevastik		5
8	Danish (da) Ruslands skyggeflåde		4
9	Korean (ko) 러시아 그림자 함대		4
10	Polish (pl) Rosyjska flota cieni		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Russian shadow fleet" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Russian shadow fleet		9
2	Russian (ru) Теневой флот России		5
3	German (de) Russische Schattenflotte		3
4	French (fr) Flotte fantôme russe		3
5	Ukrainian (uk) Тіньовий флот Росії		3
6	Romanian (ro) Flota fantomă rusă		2
7	Portuguese (pt) Frota sombra russa		1
8	Czech (cs) Ruská stínová flotila		0
9	Danish (da) Ruslands skyggeflåde		0
10	Spanish (es) Flota en la sombra rusa		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Russian shadow fleet" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Flotte fantôme russe		489
2	Czech (cs) Ruská stínová flotila		228
3	English (en) Russian shadow fleet		70
4	Ukrainian (uk) Тіньовий флот Росії		21
5	Russian (ru) Теневой флот России		19
6	German (de) Russische Schattenflotte		11
7	Finnish (fi) Venäjän varjolaivasto		8
8	Norwegian (no) Russlands skyggeflåte		6
9	Danish (da) Ruslands skyggeflåde		4
10	Polish (pl) Rosyjska flota cieni		4

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech Ruská stínová flotila
da	Danish Ruslands skyggeflåde
de	German Russische Schattenflotte
en	English Russian shadow fleet
es	Spanish Flota en la sombra rusa
et	Estonian Venemaa varilaevastik
fi	Finnish Venäjän varjolaivasto
fr	French Flotte fantôme russe
ko	Korean 러시아 그림자 함대
no	Norwegian Russlands skyggeflåte
pl	Polish Rosyjska flota cieni
pt	Portuguese Frota sombra russa
ro	Romanian Flota fantomă rusă
ru	Russian Теневой флот России
sv	Swedish Ryska skuggflottan
uk	Ukrainian Тіньовий флот Росії

Best Rank

English: #39540 01.2026

Global: #36731 01.2026

Best Rank

English: #5399 12.2025

Global: #1904 12.2025

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