The US says it has seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela – in violation of economic sanctions.
US forces boarded the first tanker in the North Atlantic – near Iceland, after pursuing it for weeks, declaring that it had been seized due to "violations of US sanctions." The ship was registered as a Russian vessel. Moscow has denounced the seizure as a violation of international law. The second vessel was seized in the Caribbean Sea. US officials say both ships are part of a “shadow fleet” that carries oil from Russia, Iran and Venezuela in defiance of Western sanctions.
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00:00 US seizes two ‘Venezuela-linked’ oil tankers
00:41 Nick Counter, DW Reporter
02:47 Konstantin Eggert, DW Russia Analyst, on Russian response
07:59 Stephen Blank, Foreign Policy Research Insitute with further analysis
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