Russian Shadow Fleet in the Turkish Straits, Old Tankers, Thin Insurance and a City of 16 Million
On 6 January 2026 the tanker Elbus, flagged in Palau and heading for a Russian port, sailed north through the Bosporus past Dolmabahçe, Bebek and Rumeli Hisarı. Two days later a sea drone, presumed Ukrainian, hit it off İnebolu on Turkey's Black Sea coast, and the damaged ship…
