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US seizes Russian âshadow tankerâ off Iceland in perilous confrontationÂ
The U.S. Coast Guard seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker from Venezuela Wednesday in one of the biggest U.S.-Russian confrontations since the end of the Cold War. In a dramatic operation in the North Atlantic, the U.S. took control of the Marinera, a vessel formerly known as the Bella 1 that had been under a Russian flag after weeks of trying to evade U.S. enforcement of sanctions on […]
January 07, 2026
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