As global sanctions attempt to cripple Russia’s economy, a shadow fleet of secretive oil tankers has emerged to keep the Kremlin’s finances afloat. But Russia can’t operate this fleet alone—it relies ...

With Western exports to Russia largely frozen, Gabon has emerged as a key part of Moscow’s supply chain, with Western-made aircraft parts recently flowing through a Gabonese company to Russia ...

The illicit tanker fleet sprang up to evade Western sanctions on Russian oil, allowing Moscow to move crude to buyers in India and China by flagging ships in countries such as Gabon. The U.S ...

Moscow hosted the Russian-African Summit in ... the Central African Republic (CAR), Burkina Faso and, most recently, Gabon. Because of the security concerns of these nations, the subject of ...