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