Second Sanctioned Russian Tanker Reappears After a Month Dark
Moscow has begun putting some of its sanctioned tankers back into operation.
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A second sanctioned Russian oil tanker has resurfaced again after a month-long absence from digital vessel-tracking systems that made it harder to know what the ship did with its cargo.
Automated tracking signals from the Bratsk, sanctioned by the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control in February, resumed on Friday off the south coast of Oman, vessel tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show. Its sister ship, the Belgorod, appeared in a similar spot on Tuesday.