Russia has continued to transport the commodity via an aging fleet whose links to Moscow are hidden, often through shell companies. The EU has been struggling to clamp down on the Russian vessels, ...

Explosions were reported on board an oil tanker believed to be used by Russia's "shadow fleet," docked in Ust-Luga in northwest Russia, near President Vladimir Putin 's home city of St. Petersburg.

The Associated Press obtained audio of what military officials say is a broadcast from a Russian spy ship that suffered a ...

The event is the latest blow to Russia's already difficult naval position in the Mediterranean after Moscow lost the Syrian ...

A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syria’s coast, officials say - The Russian spy ship, the Kildin, was packed with ...

Sailing off the south coast of England, the Russian trawler known as the Yantar carried its usual array of hi-tech equipment.

Britain's rapid deployment troops are "ready" to board and seize Russian ships off ... chiefs had ordered the Royal Navy to intercept Russia’s Yantar spy ship in the English Channel in November ...

For the second time in just weeks, an alleged Russian spy ship has entered UK waters, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Wednesday. The Royal Navy will continue to track the movements ...

Originally founded as part of the Russian navy, it now operates independently ... The UK’s defence secretary said that the vessel was a "spy ship" used for "mapping the UK’s critical ...