It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even 19th-century clipper ships in full sail bringing tea to England ...

The Group of Seven democracies have sought to crimp Russia’s oil export earnings that help fund the war against Ukraine ...

The outgoing Democratic administration billed the new sanctions as the most significant to date against Moscow's oil and liquefied natural ... and flagged in places like Gabon or the Cook Islands.

could make a pile of money by putting it at Moscow’s disposal. You’ll have to reflag it with some country that doesn’t care much about its reputation: current favourites are Gabon ...

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The exemplary state in Françafrique was undoubtedly Gabon, then a poor country of just ... the Soviet Union collapsed, with Moscow losing an empire of seven Eastern European satellite states ...

But Western governments and sanctions experts say Moscow has resorted to using a so ... and flagged in places like Gabon or the Cook Islands. Some of the vessels are owned by the Russian state ...

GWYNNE DYER The name is brilliant: ‘vintage tonnage’. It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th-century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even ...