The Bella 1 had been tailed by a US Coast Guard cutter across the Atlantic Ocean for almost two weeks when the ship’s crew employed a novel tactic to evade the US military: painting a Russian flag on ...

The seizures of sanctioned vessels have created a new flashpoint between the U.S. and Russia at sea.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned the use of the Russian flag and other national symbols at the 2026 Olympic Games.

Professor of the Public International Law of the Sea and former Director of the Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton Relations between the US and Russia have hit a fresh bump after the ...