Inside the new plan to seize Russia’s shadow fleet

by | Feb 10, 2025 | Aging, Baltic Sea, Baltics, budget, Cargo, Cold War, Communications, critical infrastructure, Defense, Defense budgets, Energy, Energy and Climate, environment, Exclusive, gas, immigration, Imports, infrastructure, insurance, Intelligence, Kremlin, Logistics, Maritime, military, North Sea, oil, Politics, Ports, research, Rights, safety, Sanctions, security, Shipping, trade, transport, war, war in Ukraine

PORVOO, Finland — Secluded in a Finnish bay and barely visible between snow-flecked trees, a creaky tanker the length of two football fields quietly bobs up and down — a surprisingly tranquil scene considering the waves it has sent across Europe. Finnish authorities...

Baltic countries sever final power ties with Russia

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VILNIUS — Europe’s Baltic nations have cut themselves off from the Russian electricity grid for the first time in history, ending a precarious, decades-long energy partnership with Moscow.  Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will connect to the EU’s power system on Sunday,...

How Britain can escape Trump’s tariffs: Buy American gas

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LONDON — Britain hopes to keep out of Donald Trump’s global trade war. But persuading the unpredictable United States president not to clobber British imports with his punitive tariff regime won’t be easy. As Trump threatens to slap tariffs on friendly countries like...