Tanker Games

That shadow fleet tanker that tried to run the blockade into Venezuela and was pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard into the Atlantic? Well, the Russians have flagged it and renamed it and now it's being escorted by Russian navy vessels and headed for the Barents Sea, probably headed to Murmansk.

The thing is, the tanker was headed from Iran to Venezuela. It hadn't even taken on cargo. So what is on the ship that Russia's so eager to keep it from being boarded and seized? Drones? SAMs? Sensitive personnel?

UPDATE: Looks like the Russians had their bluff called.

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