Belgian army seized a suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Saturday night, Defense Minister Theo Francken announced. 'Over the past few hours, our...

Belgian army seized a suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Saturday night, Defense Minister Theo Francken announced. 'Over the past few hours, our...

Russia has used a flotilla of ageing tankers of opaque ownership to get around restrictions on its lucrative crude exports imposed over its 2022 all-out invasion of Ukraine.

Belgian special forces boarded the Ethera, which was sailing under the flag of Guinea, on Saturday night

Belgium has seized a Russian oil tanker believed to be part of a shadow fleet of vessels the Kremlin uses to sell its energy products blocked by sanctions, Belgium's defense…