Edit: not even filled with oil, it tried to dock in Venezuela, couldn’t because of the embargo, and got chased across the Atlantic. It changed its registration to Russian last week and even painted on a Russian flag mid-pursuit to attract Russian protection.
*filled with Venezuelan oil, not Russian oil.
And a second tanker in the Caribbean
Edit: not even filled with oil, it tried to dock in Venezuela, couldn’t because of the embargo, and got chased across the Atlantic. It changed its registration to Russian last week and even painted on a Russian flag mid-pursuit to attract Russian protection.
Wouldn’t raising a Russian flag make it more legitimate to seize, not less?
yes. hence why they seized it shortly after they did that
Seems changing the flag mid-journey makes it a legit seizure, unless I’m reading this wrong:
https://old.lemmy.world/comment/21428131