A painted flag, a Russian bluff and an 18-day chase across the Atlantic

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 ...

International Olympic Committee bans Russian flags at 2026 Olympics, including in stands

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

Vladimir Putin had Russian flag planted under Arctic in major territorial claim

Russia conducted a controversial expedition as part of several territorial claims in the Arctic.
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US boards a ship sailing under a Russian flag: what we know and don’t know about the legal position

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 ...