Damaged Russian tanker carrying natural gas floats into Libyan waters

Damaged Russian tanker carrying natural gas floats into Libyan waters

‘Serious risk of major ecological disaster’ as vessel drifts for weeks after being struck by suspected drone attack A severely damaged Russian tanker carrying liquified natural gas that has been adrift in the Mediterranean for two weeks, raising concerns of a “major ecological disaster”, has floated into Libyan waters, Italy’s civil protection agency said on Wednesday. The Arctic Metagaz was part of a Russian “shadow fleet” used to circumvent sanctions imposed on the country’s oil and gas aft...

By Angela Giuffrida in Rome