A Russian oil tanker, Grinch, suspected of operating with a false flag, has been stopped in the Mediterranean by the French ...

The United States military has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic Ocean for sanctions violations, bringing an end to a multi-week pursuit by US forces.

The Bella 1 had been tailed by a US Coast Guard cutter across the Atlantic Ocean for almost two weeks when the ship’s crew employed a novel tactic to evade the US military: painting a Russian flag on ...

According to a statement cited by TASS, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it is closely monitoring reports that the US military has boarded the tanker Mariner, originally Bella 1, on the high seas, ...