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Russian scientists said in December that this spill could be more than twice the size of a similar disaster in the strait in 2007, which saw up to 1,600 tonnes of heavy oil leak into the sea.
The vessel was launched in 2008 as APL Russia and sailed under that name until 2012, when the ship was renamed to MOL Comfort. On 17 June 2013, she broke in two about 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) off the coast of Yemen. The aft section sank on 27 June and the bow section, after being destroyed by fire, on 11 July.
On 18 September 2013, Greenpeace activists attempted to scale the Prirazlomnaya drilling platform, as part of a protest against Arctic oil production. [citation needed]The following day, on 19 September 2013, Russian authorities seized the Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise in international waters in the Russian Exclusive Economic Zone, arresting the crew at gunpoint, towing the ship to ...
[11] [12] The leaks occurred one day before Poland and Norway opened the Baltic Pipe running through Denmark, bringing in gas from the North Sea, rather than from Russia as the Nord Stream pipelines do. [13] [9] Russia asked for an international investigation at the UN Security Council which was rejected with 3 votes in favor out of 15. [14]
North Korea has allegedly imported more than a million barrels of oil from Russia this year, flouting United Nations sanctions, according to satellite analysis released by the UK-based Open Source ...
Russia has sent North Korea a million barrels of oil since March, according to satellite imagery analysis, underscoring their growing alliance.
South Korea and Russia are participants in the six-party talks on the North Korea's nuclear proliferation issue. In November 2013, Russia and South Korea signed a visa-free travel regime agreement. [10] President Moon Jae-in speaks at the State Duma. South Korean president Moon Jae-in paid a state visit to Russia in 2018.
Russia has been quietly shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that appear to violate a cap imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the White House said on Thursday, with new ...