Crew members aboard the aging, rusted oil tanker that the US has been pursuing at sea for nearly two weeks appear to have painted a crude image of a Russian flag on the ship’s hull, which American ...

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Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude. By Anatoly Kurmanaev and Rebecca F.

The ships are using deceptive tactics as part of a seemingly coordinated attempt to bypass American naval forces in the region. By Christiaan Triebert and Anatoly Kurmanaev Christiaan Triebert ...