With five oil tankers seized—and more U.S. military action promised—the world’s fleet of so-called shadow tankers that ferry sanctioned crude are quickly hoisting a new flag: the Russian tricolor.

As the Russia flag was hoisted for the first time at a Paralympics since 2014, it cut an incongruous image against the blinding white backdrop of the Dolomites. A symbol that now looks strikingly ...

International pressure on flag registries has pushed part of Russia’s shadow fleet directly under Russian registration, ...

Ever since World Aquatics announced in April 2026 that athletes from Russia and Belarus would again compete under their ...

Six athletes from Russia and four from Belarus will compete under their national flags at the upcoming Winter Paralympic Games in Milan, despite the ongoing full-scale war against Ukraine, the ...

MILAN — Russian athletes will compete under their own flag at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade, and the country's national anthem will be played for any gold medalists. Tuesday ...

Russian athletes will compete under their own flag at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade, and the country's national anthem will be played for any gold medalists. Tuesday's ...