The Russian general cargo vessel S. KUZNETSOV (IMO 9210359) , operated by the Open Joint Stock Company Northern Shipping Company (OJSC “Severnoye Morskoe Parokhodstvo”) , is reportedly en route from Pevek (Chukotka, Arctic Russia)  toward Tartus, Syria  — a key Russian naval logistics hub in the eastern Mediterranean. The Northern Shipping Company , headquartered in Arkhangelsk , is a sanctioned entity identified as affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defence , notably en