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Russian Oil Tanker U-Turns Hours After Sanctions

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A Russian oil tanker performed a near-immediate U-turn off the coast of Portugal after being hit by US sanctions, according to Bloomberg.

  • The NS Leader, owned by the Russian Federation, was headed to the Baltic Sea’s Primorsk when the measures were imposed at 2pm Feb. 8.
  • It then changed its destination to “for orders”.

Source: Bloomberg

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