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Tanker’s painted Russian flag complicates US-Venezuela oil blockade

The U.S. Coast Guard is shadowing the sanctioned tanker Bella 1 after the crew painted a Russian flag to evade seizure.

Crew Paints Russian Flag on Tanker Pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. military tried to intercept the Bella 1 last week in the Caribbean Sea as it headed to Venezuela to pick up oil.

The crew of the Bella 1 tanker painted a Russian flag to the US Coast Guard

EADaily, . The crew of the tanker Bella 1, pursued by the US Coast Guard, defended themselves with the flag of Russia. It is ...