Moscow pushes back on tanker seizure, says it had ‘temporary permission’ to use Russian flag

Moscow criticized the U.S. seizure of a Venezuela-linked lipid tanker flying the Russian emblem connected Wednesday. The U.S. Coast Guard captured the Motor Tanker Bella 1, located successful the North Atlantic, during a pre-dawn operation. The tanker had reportedly changed its sanction to the Marinera and was reflagged from a Guyanese to a Russian vessel.…