Russian Oil Ships Hunt for New Flags to Hide From Sanctions

A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under, as U.S. and U.K. sanctions heap pressure on Moscow’s shipping network.

The Barbados ship registry said that by the end of January it will have asked a total of 46 ships to remove the country’s flag as a result of U.K. sanctions. Fourteen of these are also sanctioned by the U.S. Separately, Panama’s ship registry said earlier this …