In World War I, Russia cooperated with the British Royal Navy to limit German merchant activity in the Baltic Sea and Turkish trade and military reach in the Black Sea. In World War II ...

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Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does, while the Russian leader himself said he wants peace but then refused to sign up to it when presented with the option. What Putin really ...

Germany seized a tanker believed to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet off its Baltic coast following a string of sabotage attacks and illegal shipping. The Panama-flagged ship, called Eventin ...