Shadow Fleet Tanker Flees to Russia with US Coast Guard in Pursuit

<![CDATA[A stateless, run down oil tanker called the Bella 1 is making a run for a Russian port after it refused to be boarded near Venezuela more than a week ago. This has turned into a kind of slow-speed chase at sea with the empty tanker traveling around the world pursued by the US Coast Guard. I'm not sure why the US is allowing this to happen at this point. There may be a good reason the ship go rather than seizing it, but it's not obvious (to me, anyway) what the reason is. ]]>