Vladimir AfanasievEuropean correspondent at UpstreamFollow meOpinionCat and mouse: Russia fails in secret bid to load ‘shadow’ LNG carrierWest’s technical capacities give it an edge in monitoring efforts to break sanctionsNovatek executive chairman Leonid Mikhelson (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured during visit last year to the offshore contruction yard at Belokamenka, where the Arctic LNG 2 trains were assembled.Photo: SPUTNIK/REUTERS/SCANPIX