The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy (L) transfers crude oil from the Russian-flagged oil tanker Lana (R) (former Pegas), off the shore of Karystos, on the Island of Evia, on May 29, 2022. - Greece will send Iranian oil from a seized Russian-flagged tanker to the United States at the request of the US judiciary, Greek port police said Wednesday, a decision that angered Tehran. Last month the Greek authorities seized the Pegas, which was said to have been heading to the Marmara terminal in Turkey. The authorities seized the ship in accordance with EU sanctions introduced after Russia invaded Ukraine in February. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP) (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

A Russian oil tanker is expected to arrive in Cuba on Tuesday despite US sanctions, in a move seen as a challenge to the long-standing American embargo on the island, which is facing a severe energy shortage, according to shipping data. The US President, Donald Trump, said on Sunday he saw “no problem” with the tanker’s passage. The vessel, Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying around 730,000 barrels of crude oil, was located north of Haiti on Sunday and heading towards the port of Matanzas in western Cuba, according to maritime data analytics firm Kpler. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while returning from Florida, US President Trump said he had no objection to the shipment. “If a country wants to send […]

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