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  • HOUSTON, TX - JULY 3: The Russian supertanker Astro Lupus waits to unload its cargo of the first direct shipment of Russian crude oil to the United States 03 July 2002 in the Gulf of Mexico 50 miles from Houston, Texas. Russia is the world's second largest oil exporter. (Photo credit should read POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Dozens of Russian oil tankers drift empty and idle across the world’s oceans, stranded by European sanctions

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