The United States government announced on January 7 the seizure of the tanker M/V Bella I, also identified as Marinera, for violations of U.S. sanctions.
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Video: U.S. Coast Guard intercepts second sanctioned tanker near Venezuela
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released this week a video lasting more than seven minutes showing the boarding and seizure of the supertanker M/T CENTURIES, flying the Panamanian flag and owned by a Chinese company, carried out in international waters in the southern Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela.
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Russia seeks to repurchase S-400 systems sold to Turkey amid shortages
Russia is reportedly trying to repurchase from Turkey the S-400 air defense systems that Ankara acquired in 2017 for $2.5 billion and received in 2019.
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